Distance from the record
This close sat 14.18% below the highest gold close recorded up to that date, set on 2020-08-06.
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This page is a historical record of the gold price in 6 October 2021, not the current price.See today's gold price (11 September 2026)
Gold closed at $1,760.50 per troy ounce on 6 October 2021, up $0.900 (0.05%) from the previous close of $1,759.60.
Gold barely moved, closing within 0.05% 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 14.18% below the highest gold close recorded up to that date, set on 2020-08-06.
Metal value only, before dealer margins and fabrication.
Twelve months earlier gold traded around $1,901.10, making this a -7.40% move year on year.
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Gold closed at $1,760.50 per troy ounce on 6 October 2021. That is $0.90 higher than the previous close of $1,759.60, a move of 0.05%.
The gold price rose on 6 October 2021, gaining $0.90 (0.05%) against the previous session's close of $1,759.60.
At $1,760.50 per troy ounce, one gram of pure gold was worth about $56.60 on 6 October 2021. A troy ounce is 31.1034768 grams.
Scrap value follows purity, so on 6 October 2021 18k gold was worth about $42.45 per gram and 14k about $33.02 per gram, against $56.60 for pure 24k. These are melt values before any dealer margin.
The gold-to-silver ratio closed at about 78.2 on 6 October 2021, meaning one ounce of gold was worth roughly 78.2 ounces of silver.
A week before 6 October 2021, gold was around $1,721.50 per troy ounce, so the close of $1,760.50 is a gain of 2.3% over the week.
It closed 14.18% below the highest close on record up to that date, which was set on 2020-08-06.