Gold closed at $4,304.50 per troy ounce on 16 December 2025, down $2.200 (0.05%) from the previous close of $4,306.70.
Metal value only, before dealer margins and fabrication.
Twelve months earlier gold traded around $2,651.40, making this a +62.35% move year on year.
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Gold closed at $4,304.50 per troy ounce on 16 December 2025. That is $2.20 lower than the previous close of $4,306.70, a move of -0.05%.
The gold price fell on 16 December 2025, losing $2.20 (0.05%) against the previous session's close of $4,306.70.
At $4,304.50 per troy ounce, one gram of pure gold was worth about $138.39 on 16 December 2025. A troy ounce is 31.1034768 grams.
Scrap value follows purity, so on 16 December 2025 18k gold was worth about $103.79 per gram and 14k about $80.73 per gram, against $138.39 for pure 24k. These are melt values before any dealer margin.
The gold-to-silver ratio closed at about 68.7 on 16 December 2025, meaning one ounce of gold was worth roughly 68.7 ounces of silver.
A week before 16 December 2025, gold was around $4,206.70 per troy ounce, so the close of $4,304.50 is a gain of 2.3% over the week.
A month before 16 December 2025, gold was around $4,087.60 per troy ounce, so the close of $4,304.50 is a gain of 5.3% over the month.
A year before 16 December 2025, gold was around $2,651.40 per troy ounce. The close of $4,304.50 therefore represents a rise of 62.3% over twelve months.