Highest so far that year
At the time, no session earlier in the year had closed higher.
This page is a historical record of the gold price in 19 January 2022, not the current price.See today's gold price (11 September 2026)
Highest closing price since 19 November 2021
Gold closed at $1,843.10 per troy ounce on 19 January 2022, up $30.80 (1.70%) from the previous close of $1,812.30.
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.
At the time, no session earlier in the year had closed higher.
This close sat 10.16% 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 $1,839.50, making this a +0.20% move year on year.
Figures in this section are shown in USD, independent of the currency selected above.
Gold closed at $1,843.10 per troy ounce on 19 January 2022. That is $30.80 higher than the previous close of $1,812.30, a move of 1.70%.
The gold price rose on 19 January 2022, gaining $30.80 (1.70%) against the previous session's close of $1,812.30.
At $1,843.10 per troy ounce, one gram of pure gold was worth about $59.26 on 19 January 2022. A troy ounce is 31.1034768 grams.
Scrap value follows purity, so on 19 January 2022 18k gold was worth about $44.44 per gram and 14k about $34.57 per gram, against $59.26 for pure 24k. These are melt values before any dealer margin.
The gold-to-silver ratio closed at about 76.1 on 19 January 2022, meaning one ounce of gold was worth roughly 76.1 ounces of silver.
It closed 10.16% below the highest close on record up to that date, which was set on 2020-08-06.