Distance from the record
This close sat 33.25% 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 19 December 2017, not the current price.See today's gold price (11 September 2026)
Gold closed at $1,260.70 per troy ounce on 19 December 2017, down $1.500 (0.12%) from the previous close of $1,262.20.
Gold barely moved, closing within 0.12% 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 33.25% 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 $1,140.50, making this a +10.54% move year on year.
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Gold closed at $1,260.70 per troy ounce on 19 December 2017. That is $1.50 lower than the previous close of $1,262.20, a move of -0.12%.
The gold price fell on 19 December 2017, losing $1.50 (0.12%) against the previous session's close of $1,262.20.
At $1,260.70 per troy ounce, one gram of pure gold was worth about $40.53 on 19 December 2017. A troy ounce is 31.1034768 grams.
Scrap value follows purity, so on 19 December 2017 18k gold was worth about $30.40 per gram and 14k about $23.64 per gram, against $40.53 for pure 24k. These are melt values before any dealer margin.
The gold-to-silver ratio closed at about 78.5 on 19 December 2017, meaning one ounce of gold was worth roughly 78.5 ounces of silver.
It closed 33.25% below the highest close on record up to that date, which was set on 2011-08-22.