How to Track Your Sovereign Gold Bond (SGB) Investment
RBI does not publish a single “SGB price today” screen for secondary-market holders. Your broker shows a last traded price if the series traded; it rarely shows whether that price sits above or below the gold rate RBI will use at redemption. That gap is what this page is about.
Find your series first
Every listed SGB has an NSE symbol in the GB series (something like SGBJUN28). It is on your NSDL/CDSL statement or broker contract note. If you only remember the issue year, that is still enough to start: each tranche matures eight years after issuance, and our SGB tracker lists every live series sorted by maturity.
The ISIN starts with IN0020. Useful for records; the NSE symbol is what you need for a live quote.
Read the last traded price — and know when it is stale
SGBs that still list on NSE have an LTP from the last session where that series actually traded. Thin series can go days without a print. If your broker shows a number but your series barely trades, treat it as a last known print, not a firm exit price.
The tracker table adds three columns most brokers skip:
- Since Issue — LTP vs the original RBI issue price (mostly gold’s move over the holding period)
- vs Gold — LTP vs the IBJA 999-purity spot rate RBI uses for redemptions
- Days to maturity — time left to the scheduled redemption anniversary
CSV download is on the same page if you want a dated snapshot.
What “vs Gold” actually means
One SGB unit is one gram of gold, but the market price is not always the gold price. The bond still pays 2.5% a year on the issue price, and original subscribers who hold to maturity keep a capital-gains exemption that secondary-market buyers largely lost after Budget 2026 — see SGB vs Gold ETF for that change. Those features can push LTP above the gold-equivalent value. Thin liquidity can push it the other way.
Positive vs Gold means the bond trades above the IBJA reference; negative means below. It is arithmetic, not a buy or sell signal.
A practical routine
Bookmark the tracker and check after sessions where your series printed. Your broker is still the place for cost basis and P&L. New primary issuance has been paused since February 2024, so everything left is secondary market for outstanding tranches — issue price, coupon, and maturity date on your series do not change; only the market price moves.
The tracker will not show RBI’s premature-redemption window prices (those are announced separately at the year-5/6/7 windows), your personal tax lot, or jeweller gold rates. For the product itself, start with Sovereign Gold Bonds Explained.
Related reading: Current SGB secondary-market prices → · Sovereign Gold Bonds explained · SGB vs Gold ETF