Distance from the record
This close sat 32.67% below the highest gold close recorded up to that date, set on 2011-08-22.
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This page is a historical record of the gold price in 6 October 2017, not the current price.See today's gold price (11 September 2026)
Gold closed at $1,271.60 per troy ounce on 6 October 2017, up $1.700 (0.13%) from the previous close of $1,269.90.
Gold barely moved, closing within 0.13% of the previous session. Flat days are the majority of any price series and are most useful as the baseline the notable days are measured against.
This close sat 32.67% below the highest gold close recorded up to that date, set on 2011-08-22.
Metal value only, before dealer margins and fabrication.
Twelve months earlier gold traded around $1,249.80, making this a +1.74% move year on year.
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Gold closed at $1,271.60 per troy ounce on 6 October 2017. That is $1.70 higher than the previous close of $1,269.90, a move of 0.13%.
The gold price rose on 6 October 2017, gaining $1.70 (0.13%) against the previous session's close of $1,269.90.
At $1,271.60 per troy ounce, one gram of pure gold was worth about $40.88 on 6 October 2017. A troy ounce is 31.1034768 grams.
Scrap value follows purity, so on 6 October 2017 18k gold was worth about $30.66 per gram and 14k about $23.85 per gram, against $40.88 for pure 24k. These are melt values before any dealer margin.
The gold-to-silver ratio closed at about 76.0 on 6 October 2017, meaning one ounce of gold was worth roughly 76.0 ounces of silver.
It closed 32.67% below the highest close on record up to that date, which was set on 2011-08-22.