Distance from the record
This close sat 23.12% below the highest gold close recorded up to that date, set on 2011-08-22.
This page is a historical record of the gold price in 12 November 2019, not the current price.See today's gold price (11 September 2026)
Lowest closing price since 2 August 2019
Gold closed at $1,452.10 per troy ounce on 12 November 2019, down $3.400 (0.23%) from the previous close of $1,455.50.
Notable session: lowest close of the month.
This close extended a run of 4 consecutive sessions of losses. Runs are more informative than any one day inside them: they show direction holding rather than a single session's noise.
This close sat 23.12% 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 $1,201.30, making this a +20.88% move year on year.
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Gold closed at $1,452.10 per troy ounce on 12 November 2019. That is $3.40 lower than the previous close of $1,455.50, a move of -0.23%.
The gold price fell on 12 November 2019, losing $3.40 (0.23%) against the previous session's close of $1,455.50.
At $1,452.10 per troy ounce, one gram of pure gold was worth about $46.69 on 12 November 2019. A troy ounce is 31.1034768 grams.
Scrap value follows purity, so on 12 November 2019 18k gold was worth about $35.01 per gram and 14k about $27.23 per gram, against $46.69 for pure 24k. These are melt values before any dealer margin.
The gold-to-silver ratio closed at about 87.1 on 12 November 2019, meaning one ounce of gold was worth roughly 87.1 ounces of silver.
A year before 12 November 2019, gold was around $1,201.30 per troy ounce. The close of $1,452.10 therefore represents a rise of 20.9% over twelve months.
This close was session 4 of a consecutive run of losses. A run is counted by closes, so an intraday reversal that still closed in the same direction does not break it.
It closed 23.12% below the highest close on record up to that date, which was set on 2011-08-22.