Gold price in March 2018: daily prices, high, low and change
Gold closed March 2018 at $1,322.80 an ounce, up 0.55% on the month. The highest close was $1,354.40 on 26 Mar and the lowest $1,302.90 on 1 Mar. Every trading day below, with ranks and context computed from COMEX data.
Gold price chart, March 2018 (daily close and high-low range, US$ per ounce)
Gold line = daily settlement; bars = intraday high to low where available; dashed line = February 2018 close ($1,315.50).
Daily gold prices in March 2018 (21 trading days)
| Date | Open | High | Low | Close | Change | % change |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Thu 1 Mar | $1,310.40 | $1,318.10 | $1,301.80 | $1,302.90 | −$12.60 | −0.96% |
| Fri 2 Mar | $1,314.30 | $1,323.20 | $1,314.30 | $1,321.10 | +$18.20 | +1.40% |
| Mon 5 Mar | $1,323.50 | $1,325.90 | $1,318.10 | $1,318.10 | −$3.00 | −0.23% |
| Tue 6 Mar | $1,321.60 | $1,333.60 | $1,321.40 | $1,333.60 | +$15.50 | +1.18% |
| Wed 7 Mar | $1,338.10 | $1,338.10 | $1,326.00 | $1,326.00 | −$7.60 | −0.57% |
| Thu 8 Mar | $1,324.80 | $1,326.80 | $1,319.30 | $1,319.90 | −$6.10 | −0.46% |
| Fri 9 Mar | $1,316.80 | $1,322.40 | $1,313.00 | $1,322.40 | +$2.50 | +0.19% |
| Mon 12 Mar | — | — | — | $1,319.40 | −$3.00 | −0.23% |
| Tue 13 Mar | $1,325.90 | $1,325.90 | $1,325.30 | $1,325.90 | +$6.50 | +0.49% |
| Wed 14 Mar | $1,322.20 | $1,324.40 | $1,322.20 | $1,324.40 | −$1.50 | −0.11% |
| Thu 15 Mar | — | — | — | $1,316.80 | −$7.60 | −0.57% |
| Fri 16 Mar | $1,310.10 | $1,311.30 | $1,310.10 | $1,311.30 | −$5.50 | −0.42% |
| Mon 19 Mar | $1,309.40 | $1,316.90 | $1,307.30 | $1,316.80 | +$5.50 | +0.42% |
| Tue 20 Mar | — | — | — | $1,311.10 | −$5.70 | −0.43% |
| Wed 21 Mar | $1,312.40 | $1,328.80 | $1,312.40 | $1,320.70 | +$9.60 | +0.73% |
| Thu 22 Mar | — | — | — | $1,326.60 | +$5.90 | +0.45% |
| Fri 23 Mar best day | $1,343.20 | $1,349.30 | $1,343.20 | $1,349.30 | +$22.70 | +1.71% |
| Mon 26 Mar | $1,348.50 | $1,354.40 | $1,345.10 | $1,354.40 | +$5.10 | +0.38% |
| Tue 27 Mar | $1,341.00 | $1,341.30 | $1,341.00 | $1,341.30 | −$13.10 | −0.97% |
| Wed 28 Mar worst day | $1,345.00 | $1,346.40 | $1,322.40 | $1,324.20 | −$17.10 | −1.27% |
| Thu 29 Mar | $1,324.00 | $1,327.10 | $1,321.70 | $1,322.80 | −$1.40 | −0.11% |
Close = COMEX gold futures settlement in US dollars per troy ounce; change is against the previous trading day's close. Open, high and low are shown as — on 4 days where the source has no usable intraday data (common before 2012, when the front-month contract traded thinly in the data feed).
Monthly open, high, low and close
| March 2018 | Open | High | Low | Close | Change |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Settlements | $1,302.90 | $1,354.40 | $1,302.90 | $1,322.80 | +0.55% |
| Intraday | $1,310.40 | $1,354.40 26 Mar | $1,301.80 1 Mar | $1,322.80 | — |
Settlements: first, highest, lowest and last daily close of the month (the basis used on the 2018 page and the monthly returns heatmap). Intraday: the highest and lowest traded prices in the daily bars.
Source: COMEX gold futures (GC=F) daily settlements and intraday bars via Yahoo Finance; US CPI (FRED CPIAUCSL) for the inflation adjustment; World Bank Pink Sheet for the monthly London average. Figures are final settlements; sources may occasionally revise historical data.
Gold in March 2018: summary
Gold nudged up 0.55% in March 2018, settling the month at $1,322.80 an ounce against $1,315.50 at the end of February 2018. Gold closed higher on 9 of 21 trading days and lower on 12; the strongest session was 23 March 2018 (+1.71%) and the weakest 28 March 2018 (−1.27%). Settlement prices ranged from $1,302.90 on 1 March 2018 to $1,354.40 on 26 March 2018, a spread of $51.50 (3.9%), narrower than the 4.1% average of the previous 12 months.
How March 2018 compares
- Against other Marches: at +0.55%, March 2018 ranks 11th of 26 Marches since 2001 (best first).
- Against every month: it ranks 165th of 313 months since September 2000, better than 47% of them.
- Range: the gap between the highest and lowest close was $51.50, or 3.9% of the opening level, 1.0× the 4.1% average of the previous 12 months.
- Daily moves: the average day moved 0.63% (up or down), against 0.51% over the previous 12 months, so March 2018 was more volatile than usual.
- Streaks: the longest run of higher closes was 4 days and the longest run of lower closes 3 days.
- Bigger picture: at the month-end close gold was +1.26% for 2018 to the end of March and +6.05% over 12 months (against the March 2017 close of $1,247.30).
- Average price: the mean of the 21 daily closes was $1,324.24; the World Bank's monthly average of the London (LBMA) price was $1,325.00.
Across the other 25 completed Marches since 2001, gold averaged +0.19% and rose in 11 of them (44%). March 2018 beat that average by 0.4 percentage points. The gold seasonality tool shows the same statistics for every calendar month, and the monthly returns heatmap lays out all Marches side by side.
March 2018 in today's dollars
Adjusted for US consumer-price inflation, the $1,322.80 closing price equals about $1,782 in September 2026 dollars (CPI 249.6 in March 2018 against 336.3 in September 2026, FRED series CPIAUCSL), 35% more than the nominal figure. The gold price history hub restates every year's close on the same basis, and the all-time-high tracker lists every record close in nominal dollars.
Gold price by month in 2018
The gold price in 2018 page has the year's open, high, low and close, and the monthly archive on the gold price history hub explains how these month pages are built.
Frequently asked questions
What was the gold price in March 2018?
Gold closed March 2018 at $1,322.80 an ounce (COMEX settlement). It opened the month at $1,302.90 and averaged $1,324.24 across 21 trading days; the World Bank’s London average for the month was $1,325.00.
Did gold go up in March 2018?
Yes. Gold was up 0.55% in March 2018, from $1,315.50 at the end of February 2018 to $1,322.80. It closed higher on 9 of 21 days. Among Marches since 2001 it ranks 11th of 26 (best first).
What was the highest gold price in March 2018?
The highest close was $1,354.40 on 26 March 2018. The highest intraday price in the daily bars was $1,354.40 on 26 March 2018.
What was the lowest gold price in March 2018?
The lowest close was $1,302.90 on 1 March 2018, $51.50 (3.9%) below the month’s highest close. The lowest intraday price was $1,301.80 on 1 March 2018.
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