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This page is a historical record of the gold price in 8 February 2011, not the current price.See today's gold price (11 September 2026)
Highest closing price since 19 January 2011
Gold closed at $1,363.40 per troy ounce on 8 February 2011, up $15.80 (1.17%) from the previous close of $1,347.60.
Gold moved the opposite way to the session before it. Single-day reversals are common and usually mean little on their own — what matters is whether the next few sessions follow.
No earlier session that month closed above this level.
This close sat 4.16% below the highest gold close recorded up to that date, set on 2011-01-03.
Metal value only, before dealer margins and fabrication.
Twelve months earlier gold traded around $1,065.70, making this a +27.93% move year on year.
Figures in this section are shown in USD, independent of the currency selected above.
Gold closed at $1,363.40 per troy ounce on 8 February 2011. That is $15.80 higher than the previous close of $1,347.60, a move of 1.17%.
The gold price rose on 8 February 2011, gaining $15.80 (1.17%) against the previous session's close of $1,347.60.
At $1,363.40 per troy ounce, one gram of pure gold was worth about $43.83 on 8 February 2011. A troy ounce is 31.1034768 grams.
Scrap value follows purity, so on 8 February 2011 18k gold was worth about $32.88 per gram and 14k about $25.57 per gram, against $43.83 for pure 24k. These are melt values before any dealer margin.
The gold-to-silver ratio closed at about 45.0 on 8 February 2011, meaning one ounce of gold was worth roughly 45.0 ounces of silver.
A week before 8 February 2011, gold was around $1,333.80 per troy ounce, so the close of $1,363.40 is a gain of 2.2% over the week.
A year before 8 February 2011, gold was around $1,065.70 per troy ounce. The close of $1,363.40 therefore represents a rise of 27.9% over twelve months.
It closed 4.16% below the highest close on record up to that date, which was set on 2011-01-03.