Distance from the record
This close sat 21.71% 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 March 2020, not the current price.See today's gold price (11 September 2026)
Gold closed at $1,478.60 per troy ounce on 19 March 2020, up $1.300 (0.09%) from the previous close of $1,477.30.
Gold barely moved, closing within 0.09% 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 21.71% below the highest gold close recorded up to that date, set on 2011-08-22.
One of the ten lowest gold closes of that year, ranking 252 of 253 sessions.
Metal value only, before dealer margins and fabrication.
Twelve months earlier gold traded around $1,305.00, making this a +13.30% move year on year.
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Gold closed at $1,478.60 per troy ounce on 19 March 2020. That is $1.30 higher than the previous close of $1,477.30, a move of 0.09%.
The gold price rose on 19 March 2020, gaining $1.30 (0.09%) against the previous session's close of $1,477.30.
At $1,478.60 per troy ounce, one gram of pure gold was worth about $47.54 on 19 March 2020. A troy ounce is 31.1034768 grams.
Scrap value follows purity, so on 19 March 2020 18k gold was worth about $35.65 per gram and 14k about $27.73 per gram, against $47.54 for pure 24k. These are melt values before any dealer margin.
The gold-to-silver ratio closed at about 122.2 on 19 March 2020, meaning one ounce of gold was worth roughly 122.2 ounces of silver.
A week before 19 March 2020, gold was around $1,589.30 per troy ounce, so the close of $1,478.60 is a loss of 7.0% over the week.
A month before 19 March 2020, gold was around $1,607.50 per troy ounce, so the close of $1,478.60 is a loss of 8.0% over the month.
A year before 19 March 2020, gold was around $1,305.00 per troy ounce. The close of $1,478.60 therefore represents a rise of 13.3% over twelve months.
It closed 21.71% below the highest close on record up to that date, which was set on 2011-08-22.