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This close sat 5.33% 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 17 March 2022, not the current price.See today's gold price (11 September 2026)
Gold closed at $1,942.10 per troy ounce on 17 March 2022, up $34.10 (1.79%) from the previous close of $1,908.00.
Gold moved the opposite way to the session before it. Single-day reversals are common and usually mean little on their own — what matters is whether the next few sessions follow.
This close sat 5.33% 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 $1,726.80, making this a +12.47% move year on year.
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Gold closed at $1,942.10 per troy ounce on 17 March 2022. That is $34.10 higher than the previous close of $1,908.00, a move of 1.79%.
The gold price rose on 17 March 2022, gaining $34.10 (1.79%) against the previous session's close of $1,908.00.
At $1,942.10 per troy ounce, one gram of pure gold was worth about $62.44 on 17 March 2022. A troy ounce is 31.1034768 grams.
Scrap value follows purity, so on 17 March 2022 18k gold was worth about $46.83 per gram and 14k about $36.42 per gram, against $62.44 for pure 24k. These are melt values before any dealer margin.
The gold-to-silver ratio closed at about 75.9 on 17 March 2022, meaning one ounce of gold was worth roughly 75.9 ounces of silver.
A week before 17 March 2022, gold was around $1,998.10 per troy ounce, so the close of $1,942.10 is a loss of 2.8% over the week.
A year before 17 March 2022, gold was around $1,726.80 per troy ounce. The close of $1,942.10 therefore represents a rise of 12.5% over twelve months.
It closed 5.33% below the highest close on record up to that date, which was set on 2020-08-06.