
Buying gold and silver
How to read a dealer's buy-back spread
The gap between what a dealer sells at and what it buys back at is the real cost of a round trip. Here is how to measure it and what a fair spread looks like.
8 Nov 2026

Live spot price per gram and per ounce, and what every dealer charges and pays back.
S$5,186.77
US$4,064.86 per troy ounce
S$166.76
US$130.69 per gram
-0.91% on a day ago
Updated
S$66.26
US$51.93 per troy ounce
S$2.13
US$1.67 per gram
-0.18% on a day ago
Updated
S$1,966.76
US$1,541.35 per troy ounce
S$63.23
US$49.56 per gram
+1.55% on a day ago
Updated
Last checked 6 Nov, 5:50 pm
Buying and sell back prices are averages across the dealers in the market, not a quote from any one dealer.
1 kg cast gold bar
2.10%
100 g cast gold bar
2.96%
50 g gold bar
3.26%
1 oz Maple Leaf
3.76%
1 oz gold bar
3.93%
1 oz Britannia
3.94%
1 oz Kangaroo
4.60%
10 g gold bar
5.93%
The typical premium over spot at each size, across dealers selling it now. Buying one larger bar usually costs less per gram than several small ones.
Average premium across dealers (the median), not a quote from any one dealer.
50 products, typical spread 6.22%
827 products, typical spread 14.97%
715 products, typical spread 10.40%
362 products, typical spread 9.20%
5 products, buy-back not published
201 products, typical spread 7.79%
7 products, buy-back not published
20 products, typical spread 4.46%
The spread is the gap between a dealer's sell and buy-back price. It covers their storage, insurance and resale costs, plus margin.

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8 Nov 2026
The live spot price sits at the top of this page in SGD per gram and per troy ounce, updated through the day. Dealers sell above spot (the premium) and buy back below it (the spread).
It changes by product and by day. The boards above rank every dealer's price for the same bar or coin, so the cheapest seller today is the first row.
Spot gold per gram is shown above in SGD. A 1 g bar costs well over that, because small bars carry the highest premium; per gram, 100 g and 1 kg bars come closest to spot.
No, for investment precious metals. Since October 2012, gold of at least 99.5% purity, silver of at least 99.9% and platinum of at least 99% in bar, wafer or qualifying coin form is GST-exempt. Jewellery is not.
916 gold is 22 karat (91.6% gold), used for jewellery; it carries GST and workmanship charges, and sells back well below what you paid. 999.9 (24 karat, four nines) is investment gold: bars and coins, GST-exempt and priced close to spot.
The gap between a dealer's sell price and its buy-back price. The narrower the spread, the less you lose when you sell.
The markup a dealer charges above the metal's wholesale (spot) price. Small bars and coins usually carry a higher premium than large bars.
Compare buy-back prices, not sell prices. Most dealers buy back the brands they sell, and banks such as UOB buy back their own bars. Bring the assay card or certificate: an unbroken card often fetches more.
Bars usually cost less over spot, so more of your money goes into the metal. Coins cost more to make and are often easier to recognise and sell in small amounts.
Not by default. Banks such as UOB often have narrow spreads on their own bars, while specialist dealers carry more brands, sizes and coins. Compare the same weight and form across both before you buy.