🥇Gold price today
Quotation from 10/13/2026
International futures market · converted via PTAX
Gold is priced at R$ 674.56 per gram (US$ 4,205.30 per troy ounce) at the close of 10/13/2026. Gold is the asset the world turns to when it loses confidence in everything else. Here you can track the international quotation converted to grams—the unit in which inquiries are made in Brazil—along with the history of the last ten years.
Gold price history
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Series of daily closes since 08/08/2016 (2560 quotations), converted to reais using the Central Bank's selling PTAX rate for each trading day.
Series milestones
Price per quantity
Direct conversions of the quotation from 10/13/2026, to check without a calculator.
| 1 gram | R$ 674.56 |
|---|---|
| 10 grams | R$ 6,745.60 |
| 1 kilogram | R$ 674,560.00 |
| 1 troy ounce (31.1035 g) | R$ 20,981.16 |
Value by alloy purity
Value of the gold contained in 1 gram of each alloy. This is the theoretical ceiling: anyone buying used gold discounts the smelting, purity assay, and their own margin, so the actual offer will be below this.
| 24k Gold (pure) | R$ 673.89 |
|---|---|
| 22k Gold | R$ 618.37 |
| 18k Gold | R$ 505.92 |
| 14k Gold | R$ 393.47 |
| 10k Gold | R$ 281.09 |
Gold price year by year
Minimum, average, and maximum of each year in reais per gram, with the full-year change. The conversion uses the PTAX of each trading session—so the change in reais embeds exchange rate movement, not just the commodity's.
| Year | Minimum | Average | Maximum | Change |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2026 | R$ 294.43 | R$ 748.15 | R$ 888.40 | −10.56% |
| 2025 | R$ 518.45 | R$ 616.60 | R$ 806.89 | +44.18% |
| 2024 | R$ 316.00 | R$ 416.45 | R$ 530.17 | +61.22% |
| 2023 | R$ 293.64 | R$ 311.94 | R$ 337.38 | +0.96% |
| 2022 | R$ 268.65 | R$ 298.45 | R$ 333.88 | −6.29% |
| 2021 | R$ 280.26 | R$ 311.80 | R$ 334.43 | +1.58% |
| 2020 | R$ 197.10 | R$ 295.64 | R$ 352.42 | +60.47% |
| 2019 | R$ 152.28 | R$ 176.97 | R$ 207.04 | +23.88% |
| 2018 | R$ 135.93 | R$ 148.58 | R$ 162.84 | +15.31% |
| 2017 | R$ 120.14 | R$ 129.05 | R$ 138.93 | +14.12% |
| 2016 | R$ 118.99 | R$ 132.28 | R$ 141.32 | −11.53% |
What this price means
This is the quotation for gold in the international market, traded in dollars per troy ounce (31.1035 grams). It is the wholesale price of pure metal in bars—the benchmark used by central banks, industry, and funds worldwide.
For the Brazilian reader, the number that matters is the gram in reais. It comes from two simple and explicit calculations: the dollar quotation divided by 31.1035, multiplied by the day's exchange rate (Central Bank PTAX). This is why gold can rise in reais and fall in dollars on the same day—exchange rates enter the equation.
This is not the price that jewelry stores pay or charge. Storefronts work with alloys (18k gold has 75% gold; 14k has 58.5%) and factor in labor, margins, and taxes. Those who sell used gold typically receive well below this benchmark, because the buyer still needs to melt it down, assay the purity, and resell it.
What makes the price of gold go up and down
It is the number-one factor. Gold pays no interest: when US Treasuries yield well above inflation, holding gold costs a lot in missed opportunity and the price suffers. When real interest rates fall, the cost of carrying gold disappears and it rises. Follow along at US interest rates.
Gold is priced in US dollars. A strong dollar against other currencies usually pushes quotes down, and the reverse is also true. For those investing in Brazil, there is a second effect: a more expensive dollar in reais supports the price per gram here even when international prices pull back.
Since 2022 central banks — led by China, India, Turkey, and Poland — have returned to buying gold in volume to reduce their dependence on the dollar in reserves. This is a demand with low price sensitivity and was the structural driver of the rise in recent years.
Conflict, banking scares, or fiscal distrust in a major country drive money into gold within hours. This is the most visible and ephemeral movement: when the scare passes, a good portion of the premium is given back.
Funds backed by physical gold buy and sell actual bars — their inflows and outflows show up in the price. And jewelry demand (concentrated mostly in India and China) provides a floor for physical demand, with seasonality driven by weddings and festivals.
How to invest in gold in Brazil
Gold is one of the few commodities where retail investors can actually buy the asset itself. The avenues, from simplest to most cumbersome:
Shares traded like a stock that track the price of gold. It is the most liquid and cheapest way to get exposure: you buy and sell via home broker without storing anything. It has a management fee and built-in currency risk.
B3 trades physical gold in lots (the standard contract is 250 g, with fractions available). It is the instrument closest to the metal with regulated custody, but liquidity is much lower than that of a stock.
Only makes sense with an institution authorized by the Central Bank and a certificate of origin. It involves custody costs or the risk of storing at home, and the bid-ask spread is wide — not a vehicle for active trading.
Gold-producing companies rise more than the metal during bull markets and fall more during bear markets, because extraction costs are fixed and profit is the difference. You can track the listed ones on the stocks page.
A commodity pays no dividends or interest: the return comes solely from price movement, and it can go years without moving. Therefore, for most investors, it makes more sense to use the quotation as a thermometer — to gauge the momentum of companies and funds that generate cash from it — than to try to guess the direction of the price.
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View full commodities dashboard →⚠️ Reference quotation from the international futures market, delayed relative to the trading session and reproduced here for informational purposes only. Conversion to reais uses the Central Bank's selling PTAX. This is not a trading quotation nor an investment recommendation.