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Gold closed at $4,490.30 per troy ounce on 9 January 2026, up $40.60 (0.91%) from the previous close of $4,449.70.
Metal value only, before dealer margins and fabrication.
Twelve months earlier gold traded around $2,683.80, making this a +67.31% move year on year.
Figures in this section are shown in USD, independent of the currency selected above.
Gold closed at $4,490.30 per troy ounce on 9 January 2026. That is $40.60 higher than the previous close of $4,449.70, a move of 0.91%.
The gold price rose on 9 January 2026, gaining $40.60 (0.91%) against the previous session's close of $4,449.70.
At $4,490.30 per troy ounce, one gram of pure gold was worth about $144.37 on 9 January 2026. A troy ounce is 31.1034768 grams.
Scrap value follows purity, so on 9 January 2026 18k gold was worth about $108.27 per gram and 14k about $84.21 per gram, against $144.37 for pure 24k. These are melt values before any dealer margin.
The gold-to-silver ratio closed at about 56.9 on 9 January 2026, meaning one ounce of gold was worth roughly 56.9 ounces of silver.
A week before 9 January 2026, gold was around $4,314.40 per troy ounce, so the close of $4,490.30 is a gain of 4.1% over the week.
A month before 9 January 2026, gold was around $4,206.70 per troy ounce, so the close of $4,490.30 is a gain of 6.7% over the month.
A year before 9 January 2026, gold was around $2,683.80 per troy ounce. The close of $4,490.30 therefore represents a rise of 67.3% over twelve months.