Highest so far that week
This was the strongest close of the week up to that point.
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This page is a historical record of the gold price in 19 May 2022, not the current price.See today's gold price (11 September 2026)
Gold closed at $1,841.20 per troy ounce on 19 May 2022, up $25.30 (1.39%) from the previous close of $1,815.90.
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 was the strongest close of the week up to that point.
This close sat 10.25% 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 $1,881.30, making this a -2.13% move year on year.
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Gold closed at $1,841.20 per troy ounce on 19 May 2022. That is $25.30 higher than the previous close of $1,815.90, a move of 1.39%.
The gold price rose on 19 May 2022, gaining $25.30 (1.39%) against the previous session's close of $1,815.90.
At $1,841.20 per troy ounce, one gram of pure gold was worth about $59.20 on 19 May 2022. A troy ounce is 31.1034768 grams.
Scrap value follows purity, so on 19 May 2022 18k gold was worth about $44.40 per gram and 14k about $34.53 per gram, against $59.20 for pure 24k. These are melt values before any dealer margin.
The gold-to-silver ratio closed at about 84.1 on 19 May 2022, meaning one ounce of gold was worth roughly 84.1 ounces of silver.
A month before 19 May 2022, gold was around $1,955.70 per troy ounce, so the close of $1,841.20 is a loss of 5.9% over the month.
It closed 10.25% below the highest close on record up to that date, which was set on 2020-08-06.