Highest so far that year
At the time, no session earlier in the year had closed higher.
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This page is a historical record of the gold price in 12 January 2022, not the current price.See today's gold price (11 September 2026)
Highest closing price since 31 December 2021
Gold closed at $1,827.20 per troy ounce on 12 January 2022, up $8.600 (0.47%) from the previous close of $1,818.60.
This close extended a run of 4 consecutive sessions of gains. Runs are more informative than any one day inside them: they show direction holding rather than a single session's noise.
At the time, no session earlier in the year had closed higher.
This close sat 10.93% below the highest gold close recorded up to that date, set on 2020-08-06.
Metal value only, before dealer margins and fabrication.
Twelve months earlier gold traded around $1,842.90, making this a -0.85% move year on year.
Figures in this section are shown in USD, independent of the currency selected above.
Gold closed at $1,827.20 per troy ounce on 12 January 2022. That is $8.60 higher than the previous close of $1,818.60, a move of 0.47%.
The gold price rose on 12 January 2022, gaining $8.60 (0.47%) against the previous session's close of $1,818.60.
At $1,827.20 per troy ounce, one gram of pure gold was worth about $58.75 on 12 January 2022. A troy ounce is 31.1034768 grams.
Scrap value follows purity, so on 12 January 2022 18k gold was worth about $44.06 per gram and 14k about $34.27 per gram, against $58.75 for pure 24k. These are melt values before any dealer margin.
The gold-to-silver ratio closed at about 78.8 on 12 January 2022, meaning one ounce of gold was worth roughly 78.8 ounces of silver.
This close was session 4 of a consecutive run of gains. A run is counted by closes, so an intraday reversal that still closed in the same direction does not break it.
It closed 10.93% below the highest close on record up to that date, which was set on 2020-08-06.