Distance from the record
This close sat 14.08% below the highest gold close recorded up to that date, set on 2020-08-06.
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This page is a historical record of the gold price in 15 December 2021, not the current price.See today's gold price (11 September 2026)
Lowest closing price since 2 December 2021
Gold closed at $1,762.60 per troy ounce on 15 December 2021, down $7.800 (0.44%) from the previous close of $1,770.40.
This close sat 14.08% 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 $1,852.30, making this a -4.84% move year on year.
Figures in this section are shown in USD, independent of the currency selected above.
Gold closed at $1,762.60 per troy ounce on 15 December 2021. That is $7.80 lower than the previous close of $1,770.40, a move of -0.44%.
The gold price fell on 15 December 2021, losing $7.80 (0.44%) against the previous session's close of $1,770.40.
At $1,762.60 per troy ounce, one gram of pure gold was worth about $56.67 on 15 December 2021. A troy ounce is 31.1034768 grams.
Scrap value follows purity, so on 15 December 2021 18k gold was worth about $42.50 per gram and 14k about $33.06 per gram, against $56.67 for pure 24k. These are melt values before any dealer margin.
The gold-to-silver ratio closed at about 82.0 on 15 December 2021, meaning one ounce of gold was worth roughly 82.0 ounces of silver.
A month before 15 December 2021, gold was around $1,866.10 per troy ounce, so the close of $1,762.60 is a loss of 5.5% over the month.
It closed 14.08% below the highest close on record up to that date, which was set on 2020-08-06.