Distance from the record
This close sat 9.56% below the highest gold close recorded up to that date, set on 2011-08-22.
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This page is a historical record of the gold price in 11 December 2012, not the current price.See today's gold price (11 September 2026)
Gold closed at $1,708.20 per troy ounce on 11 December 2012, down $4.800 (0.28%) from the previous close of $1,713.00.
This close sat 9.56% below the highest gold close recorded up to that date, set on 2011-08-22.
Metal value only, before dealer margins and fabrication.
Twelve months earlier gold traded around $1,712.80, making this a -0.27% move year on year.
Figures in this section are shown in USD, independent of the currency selected above.
Gold closed at $1,708.20 per troy ounce on 11 December 2012. That is $4.80 lower than the previous close of $1,713.00, a move of -0.28%.
The gold price fell on 11 December 2012, losing $4.80 (0.28%) against the previous session's close of $1,713.00.
At $1,708.20 per troy ounce, one gram of pure gold was worth about $54.92 on 11 December 2012. A troy ounce is 31.1034768 grams.
Scrap value follows purity, so on 11 December 2012 18k gold was worth about $41.19 per gram and 14k about $32.04 per gram, against $54.92 for pure 24k. These are melt values before any dealer margin.
The gold-to-silver ratio closed at about 51.9 on 11 December 2012, meaning one ounce of gold was worth roughly 51.9 ounces of silver.
It closed 9.56% below the highest close on record up to that date, which was set on 2011-08-22.