Highest so far that month
No earlier session that month closed above this level.
This page is a historical record of the gold price in 8 November 2017, not the current price.See today's gold price (11 September 2026)
Highest closing price since 19 October 2017
Gold closed at $1,281.60 per troy ounce on 8 November 2017, up $7.900 (0.62%) from the previous close of $1,273.70.
No earlier session that month closed above this level.
This close sat 32.14% 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 $1,273.40, making this a +0.64% move year on year.
Figures in this section are shown in USD, independent of the currency selected above.
Gold closed at $1,281.60 per troy ounce on 8 November 2017. That is $7.90 higher than the previous close of $1,273.70, a move of 0.62%.
The gold price rose on 8 November 2017, gaining $7.90 (0.62%) against the previous session's close of $1,273.70.
At $1,281.60 per troy ounce, one gram of pure gold was worth about $41.20 on 8 November 2017. A troy ounce is 31.1034768 grams.
Scrap value follows purity, so on 8 November 2017 18k gold was worth about $30.90 per gram and 14k about $24.04 per gram, against $41.20 for pure 24k. These are melt values before any dealer margin.
The gold-to-silver ratio closed at about 74.9 on 8 November 2017, meaning one ounce of gold was worth roughly 74.9 ounces of silver.
It closed 32.14% below the highest close on record up to that date, which was set on 2011-08-22.