Distance from the record
This close sat 36.77% 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 17 December 2014, not the current price.See today's gold price (11 September 2026)
Gold closed at $1,194.30 per troy ounce on 17 December 2014, up $0.400 (0.03%) from the previous close of $1,193.90.
Gold barely moved, closing within 0.03% 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 36.77% 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 $1,231.20, making this a -3.00% move year on year.
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Gold closed at $1,194.30 per troy ounce on 17 December 2014. That is $0.40 higher than the previous close of $1,193.90, a move of 0.03%.
The gold price rose on 17 December 2014, gaining $0.40 (0.03%) against the previous session's close of $1,193.90.
At $1,194.30 per troy ounce, one gram of pure gold was worth about $38.40 on 17 December 2014. A troy ounce is 31.1034768 grams.
Scrap value follows purity, so on 17 December 2014 18k gold was worth about $28.80 per gram and 14k about $22.40 per gram, against $38.40 for pure 24k. These are melt values before any dealer margin.
The gold-to-silver ratio closed at about 75.2 on 17 December 2014, meaning one ounce of gold was worth roughly 75.2 ounces of silver.
A week before 17 December 2014, gold was around $1,228.90 per troy ounce, so the close of $1,194.30 is a loss of 2.8% over the week.
It closed 36.77% below the highest close on record up to that date, which was set on 2011-08-22.