Gold price in March 2021: daily prices, high, low and change
Gold closed March 2021 at $1,713.80 an ounce, down 0.87% on the month. The highest close was $1,741.70 on 19 Mar and the lowest $1,678.00 on 8 Mar. Every trading day below, with ranks and context computed from COMEX data.
Gold price chart, March 2021 (daily close and high-low range, US$ per ounce)
Gold line = daily settlement; bars = intraday high to low where available; dashed line = February 2021 close ($1,728.80).
Daily gold prices in March 2021 (23 trading days)
| Date | Open | High | Low | Close | Change | % change |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Mon 1 Mar | $1,732.80 | $1,757.40 | $1,717.20 | $1,723.00 | −$5.80 | −0.34% |
| Tue 2 Mar | $1,722.80 | $1,737.80 | $1,704.60 | $1,733.60 | +$10.60 | +0.62% |
| Wed 3 Mar | $1,736.50 | $1,739.10 | $1,699.40 | $1,715.80 | −$17.80 | −1.03% |
| Thu 4 Mar | $1,708.40 | $1,721.60 | $1,687.60 | $1,700.70 | −$15.10 | −0.88% |
| Fri 5 Mar | $1,695.30 | $1,705.70 | $1,683.00 | $1,698.50 | −$2.20 | −0.13% |
| Mon 8 Mar | $1,701.60 | $1,712.00 | $1,673.30 | $1,678.00 | −$20.50 | −1.21% |
| Tue 9 Mar best day | $1,679.30 | $1,718.70 | $1,676.70 | $1,716.90 | +$38.90 | +2.32% |
| Wed 10 Mar | $1,714.50 | $1,725.30 | $1,705.60 | $1,721.80 | +$4.90 | +0.29% |
| Thu 11 Mar | $1,725.00 | $1,738.00 | $1,716.80 | $1,722.60 | +$0.80 | +0.05% |
| Fri 12 Mar | $1,720.50 | $1,728.00 | $1,696.60 | $1,719.80 | −$2.80 | −0.16% |
| Mon 15 Mar | $1,726.50 | $1,733.20 | $1,719.20 | $1,729.20 | +$9.40 | +0.55% |
| Tue 16 Mar | $1,730.70 | $1,740.50 | $1,724.40 | $1,730.90 | +$1.70 | +0.10% |
| Wed 17 Mar | $1,730.00 | $1,750.60 | $1,722.00 | $1,727.10 | −$3.80 | −0.22% |
| Thu 18 Mar | $1,744.00 | $1,754.20 | $1,716.60 | $1,732.50 | +$5.40 | +0.31% |
| Fri 19 Mar | $1,733.70 | $1,746.10 | $1,727.10 | $1,741.70 | +$9.20 | +0.53% |
| Mon 22 Mar | $1,745.60 | $1,747.00 | $1,726.40 | $1,738.10 | −$3.60 | −0.21% |
| Tue 23 Mar | $1,738.50 | $1,742.00 | $1,722.70 | $1,725.10 | −$13.00 | −0.75% |
| Wed 24 Mar | $1,725.90 | $1,737.70 | $1,722.30 | $1,733.20 | +$8.10 | +0.47% |
| Thu 25 Mar | $1,733.20 | $1,744.80 | $1,720.30 | $1,725.10 | −$8.10 | −0.47% |
| Fri 26 Mar | $1,725.50 | $1,735.50 | $1,718.80 | $1,732.30 | +$7.20 | +0.42% |
| Mon 29 Mar | $1,731.50 | $1,732.60 | $1,703.30 | $1,712.20 | −$20.10 | −1.16% |
| Tue 30 Mar worst day | $1,711.00 | $1,712.60 | $1,676.50 | $1,683.90 | −$28.30 | −1.65% |
| Wed 31 Mar | $1,683.70 | $1,713.80 | $1,676.50 | $1,713.80 | +$29.90 | +1.78% |
Close = COMEX gold futures settlement in US dollars per troy ounce; change is against the previous trading day's close.
Monthly open, high, low and close
| March 2021 | Open | High | Low | Close | Change |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Settlements | $1,723.00 | $1,741.70 | $1,678.00 | $1,713.80 | −0.87% |
| Intraday | $1,732.80 | $1,757.40 1 Mar | $1,673.30 8 Mar | $1,713.80 | — |
Settlements: first, highest, lowest and last daily close of the month (the basis used on the 2021 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 2021: summary
Gold eased 0.87% in March 2021, from $1,728.80 at the end of February 2021 to $1,713.80 an ounce. Settlement prices ranged from $1,678.00 on 8 March 2021 to $1,741.70 on 19 March 2021, a spread of $63.70 (3.7%), narrower than the 7.4% average of the previous 12 months. Gold closed higher on 11 of 23 trading days and lower on 12; the strongest session was 9 March 2021 (+2.32%) and the weakest 30 March 2021 (−1.65%).
It was gold's 3rd monthly loss in a row.
How March 2021 compares
- Against other Marches: at −0.87%, March 2021 ranks 15th of 26 Marches since 2001 (best first).
- Against every month: it ranks 202nd of 313 months since September 2000, better than 36% of them.
- Range: the gap between the highest and lowest close was $63.70, or 3.7% of the opening level, 0.5× the 7.4% average of the previous 12 months.
- Daily moves: the average day moved 0.68% (up or down), against 0.99% over the previous 12 months, so March 2021 was calmer than usual.
- Streaks: the longest run of higher closes was 3 days and the longest run of lower closes 4 days.
- Bigger picture: at the month-end close gold was −9.57% for 2021 to the end of March and +8.24% over 12 months (against the March 2020 close of $1,583.40).
- Average price: the mean of the 23 daily closes was $1,719.82; the World Bank's monthly average of the London (LBMA) price was $1,718.00.
Across the other 25 completed Marches since 2001, gold averaged +0.25% and rose in 12 of them (48%). March 2021 lagged that average by 1.1 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 2021 in today's dollars
Adjusted for US consumer-price inflation, the $1,713.80 closing price equals about $2,175 in September 2026 dollars (CPI 265.0 in March 2021 against 336.3 in September 2026, FRED series CPIAUCSL), 27% 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 2021
The gold price in 2021 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 2021?
Gold closed March 2021 at $1,713.80 an ounce (COMEX settlement). It opened the month at $1,723.00 and averaged $1,719.82 across 23 trading days; the World Bank’s London average for the month was $1,718.00.
Did gold go up in March 2021?
No. Gold was down 0.87% in March 2021, from $1,728.80 at the end of February 2021 to $1,713.80. It closed higher on 11 of 23 days. Among Marches since 2001 it ranks 15th of 26 (best first).
What was the highest gold price in March 2021?
The highest close was $1,741.70 on 19 March 2021. The highest intraday price in the daily bars was $1,757.40 on 1 March 2021.
What was the lowest gold price in March 2021?
The lowest close was $1,678.00 on 8 March 2021, $63.70 (3.7%) below the month’s highest close. The lowest intraday price was $1,673.30 on 8 March 2021.
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