Distance from the record
This close sat 34.20% 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 13 December 2018, not the current price.See today's gold price (11 September 2026)
Gold closed at $1,242.70 per troy ounce on 13 December 2018, down $1.700 (0.14%) from the previous close of $1,244.40.
Gold barely moved, closing within 0.14% of the previous session. Flat days are the majority of any price series and are most useful as the baseline the notable days are measured against.
This close sat 34.20% 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 $1,245.40, making this a -0.22% move year on year.
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Gold closed at $1,242.70 per troy ounce on 13 December 2018. That is $1.70 lower than the previous close of $1,244.40, a move of -0.14%.
The gold price fell on 13 December 2018, losing $1.70 (0.14%) against the previous session's close of $1,244.40.
At $1,242.70 per troy ounce, one gram of pure gold was worth about $39.95 on 13 December 2018. A troy ounce is 31.1034768 grams.
Scrap value follows purity, so on 13 December 2018 18k gold was worth about $29.97 per gram and 14k about $23.31 per gram, against $39.95 for pure 24k. These are melt values before any dealer margin.
The gold-to-silver ratio closed at about 84.4 on 13 December 2018, meaning one ounce of gold was worth roughly 84.4 ounces of silver.
It closed 34.20% below the highest close on record up to that date, which was set on 2011-08-22.