Gold Price History 2016

Gold in 2016: it rose 8.5% from the previous year’s final close, to $1,150.00 per troy oz.

Year high$1,374.906 Jul 2016
Year low$1,063.204 Jan 2016
Start$1,060.30
Year end$1,150.00
Change+8.46%

Monthly prices 2016

MonthOpenHighLowCloseChange
January$1,063.40$1,125.70$1,063.20$1,116.40+5.0%
February$1,116.70$1,260.80$1,115.30$1,233.90+10.5%
March$1,240.50$1,280.70$1,210.00$1,234.20−0.5%
April$1,232.30$1,295.50$1,209.20$1,289.20+4.6%
May$1,292.10$1,304.40$1,199.00$1,214.80−6.0%
June$1,215.70$1,355.60$1,205.40$1,318.40+8.4%
July$1,324.50$1,374.90$1,312.80$1,349.00+1.8%
August$1,348.80$1,366.00$1,306.30$1,306.90−3.1%
September$1,305.30$1,350.50$1,301.50$1,313.30+0.6%
October$1,313.50$1,316.80$1,248.90$1,271.50−3.2%
November$1,279.30$1,318.60$1,167.90$1,170.80−8.5%
December$1,172.70$1,186.70$1,123.90$1,150.00−1.9%

Daily closes of the front-month future, USD per troy ounce. Monthly change is close versus first open of the month.

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Historical data are for information only and may contain gaps or differences from other sources. See our methodology.