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Gold Price — 10-Day Trend
All prices in ₹ per gram · daily rate, updated once per day
Gold vs Silver: The Real Difference for Investors
Gold and silver both hold value the way currencies used to, but they behave differently once real money is on the line. Gold today is trading at ₹15,031.44 per gram, roughly 63.8 times the price of silver by weight. That gap alone shapes how each metal gets used: gold concentrates a lot of value into a small, easy-to-store amount, while silver needs far more physical bulk to represent the same rupee value.
The bigger difference is what moves each price. Gold is driven overwhelmingly by investment demand — central banks, ETFs, jewellery buyers treating it as a store of value — which tends to change slowly and predictably. Silver carries that same investment demand, but on top of it sits real industrial consumption: solar panels, electrical contacts, and electronics all use silver as a raw material, not just a store of value. When industrial demand swings, silver can move sharply in ways gold rarely does.
Gold vs Silver — Live Price Comparison
As of September 14, 2026
| Metal | Price | 24h Change | Recent Trend |
|---|---|---|---|
| Au Gold | ₹15,031.44/g | -1.76% | -1.83% over 10 days |
| Ag Silver | ₹235.52/g | +0.24% | -0.58% over 10 days |
Volatility and Liquidity: Where Each Metal Wins
Gold's biggest advantage is stability. Its price moves in a narrower band day to day, which is exactly why it works as a long-term store of value and why central banks hold it as a reserve asset rather than a trading instrument. That same stability means gold rarely delivers the sharp short-term gains silver sometimes does — the trade-off is lower risk for a lower ceiling.
Silver's wider swings cut both ways. A strong stretch for industrial demand or a weak rupee can push silver up faster than gold in percentage terms, but the same forces work in reverse during a slowdown. For liquidity, gold has the deeper Indian market — coins, bars, jewellery, sovereign gold bonds, and gold ETFs all trade with tight spreads. Silver is liquid too, but a meaningful rupee investment in silver means handling a lot more physical weight, which matters if storage or transport is a factor.
Gold Price by Weight
Today's Gold rate is Fifteen Thousand Thirty One Rupees per gram. At this rate, 10 grams of Gold costs One Lakh Fifty Thousand Three Hundred and Fourteen Rupees.
| Unit | Weight | Price (INR) | Price in Words |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 Gram | 1.0000 g | ₹15,031.44 | Fifteen Thousand Thirty One Rupees |
| 8 Grams | 8.0000 g | ₹120,251.52 | One Lakh Twenty Thousand Two Hundred and Fifty Two Rupees |
| 10 Grams | 10.0000 g | ₹150,314.40 | One Lakh Fifty Thousand Three Hundred and Fourteen Rupees |
| 100 Grams | 100.0000 g | ₹1,503,143.98 | Fifteen Lakh Three Thousand One Hundred and Forty Four Rupees |
| 1 Kilogram | 1,000.0000 g | ₹15,031,439.79 | One Crore Fifty Lakh Thirty One Thousand Four Hundred and Forty Rupees |
| 1 Ounce (oz) | 28.3495 g | ₹426,133.80 | Four Lakh Twenty Six Thousand One Hundred and Thirty Four Rupees |
| 1 Troy Ounce | 31.1035 g | ₹467,530.39 | Four Lakh Sixty Seven Thousand Five Hundred and Thirty Rupees |
| 1 Metric Ton | 1,000,000.0000 g | ₹15,031,439,791.00 | One Thousand Five Hundred and Three Crore Fourteen Lakh Thirty Nine Thousand Seven Hundred and Ninety One Rupees |
So, Gold or Silver — How Should You Decide?
Neither metal makes the other obsolete, which is why most serious precious-metal investors in India end up holding both rather than picking a side. Gold does the job of preserving value with minimal drama — it's the metal you hold and mostly forget about. Silver is the more active position: it can outperform gold in a strong cycle, but it demands more attention because industrial demand can shift its price for reasons that have nothing to do with investment sentiment.
A common, simple approach is to size gold as the core, stable portion of a precious-metal allocation, and treat silver as the smaller, higher-conviction portion for investors comfortable with more movement. Watching the gold-silver ratio over time — not as a trading signal, but as context — helps frame whether one metal has run further than the other recently, which is often the more useful question than "which one is better" in the abstract.
Gold Price — Last 10 Days
The most recent Gold price on record (2026-09-14) is Two Hundred and Thirty Six Rupees per gram. This is up by One Rupees from the previous day's rate of ₹234.96.
| Date | Price (INR/g) | Change |
|---|---|---|
| 2026-09-14 | ₹235.52 | +0.56 |
| 2026-09-13 | ₹234.96 | 0.00 |
| 2026-09-12 | ₹234.96 | -0.44 |
| 2026-09-11 | ₹235.40 | +0.39 |
| 2026-09-10 | ₹235.01 | -8.60 |
| 2026-09-09 | ₹243.61 | +4.76 |
| 2026-09-08 | ₹238.85 | +1.07 |
| 2026-09-07 | ₹237.78 | +0.89 |
| 2026-09-06 | ₹236.89 | 0.00 |
| 2026-09-05 | ₹236.89 | — |
Gold vs Silver Investment — FAQs
It depends on what you want from the investment. Gold is the steadier, lower-volatility store of value that central banks and long-term savers lean on; silver moves further in both directions and carries real industrial demand (electronics, solar panels) on top of its investment role. Many buyers hold both rather than choosing one.
The gold-silver ratio is simply gold's price divided by silver's — right now that's about 63.8:1, meaning it takes roughly 63.8 grams of silver to equal one gram of gold. A rising ratio means gold is outperforming silver; a falling one means silver is catching up. Some traders use large swings in the ratio as a signal to rotate between the two metals, though it is a descriptive number, not a guaranteed timing tool.
Silver has a much smaller total market than gold, so the same rupee amount of buying or selling moves its price further. It is also more exposed to industrial demand swings (electronics, solar, batteries), while gold's price is driven mostly by investment and central-bank demand, which tends to change more slowly.
Silver can act as a hedge, but less reliably than gold. Gold tends to hold or gain value specifically when confidence in currencies or markets falls. Silver often moves with gold in those moments, but its industrial-demand side means it can also fall alongside a broader economic slowdown, working against the hedge in that particular scenario.
Gold has deeper, more liquid markets in India — coins, bars, jewellery, sovereign gold bonds and ETFs are all widely available with tight buy-sell spreads. Silver is liquid too, but a given rupee amount buys a much larger physical weight, which can mean more storage hassle for the same investment value.
