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Gold closed at $4,449.70 per troy ounce on 8 January 2026, up $0.400 (0.01%) from the previous close of $4,449.30.
Metal value only, before dealer margins and fabrication.
Twelve months earlier gold traded around $2,664.50, making this a +67.00% move year on year.
Figures in this section are shown in USD, independent of the currency selected above.
Gold closed at $4,449.70 per troy ounce on 8 January 2026. That is $0.40 higher than the previous close of $4,449.30, a move of 0.01%.
The gold price rose on 8 January 2026, gaining $0.40 (0.01%) against the previous session's close of $4,449.30.
At $4,449.70 per troy ounce, one gram of pure gold was worth about $143.06 on 8 January 2026. A troy ounce is 31.1034768 grams.
Scrap value follows purity, so on 8 January 2026 18k gold was worth about $107.30 per gram and 14k about $83.45 per gram, against $143.06 for pure 24k. These are melt values before any dealer margin.
The gold-to-silver ratio closed at about 59.6 on 8 January 2026, meaning one ounce of gold was worth roughly 59.6 ounces of silver.
A week before 8 January 2026, gold was around $4,713.90 per troy ounce, so the close of $4,449.70 is a loss of 5.6% over the week.
A month before 8 January 2026, gold was around $4,187.20 per troy ounce, so the close of $4,449.70 is a gain of 6.3% over the month.
A year before 8 January 2026, gold was around $2,664.50 per troy ounce. The close of $4,449.70 therefore represents a rise of 67.0% over twelve months.