Highest so far that month
No earlier session that month closed above this level.
This page is a historical record of the gold price in 2 December 2019, not the current price.See today's gold price (11 September 2026)
Gold closed at $1,462.30 per troy ounce on 2 December 2019, down $3.300 (0.23%) from the previous close of $1,465.60.
No earlier session that month closed above this level.
This close sat 22.58% 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 $1,220.20, making this a +19.84% move year on year.
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Gold closed at $1,462.30 per troy ounce on 2 December 2019. That is $3.30 lower than the previous close of $1,465.60, a move of -0.23%.
The gold price fell on 2 December 2019, losing $3.30 (0.23%) against the previous session's close of $1,465.60.
At $1,462.30 per troy ounce, one gram of pure gold was worth about $47.01 on 2 December 2019. A troy ounce is 31.1034768 grams.
Scrap value follows purity, so on 2 December 2019 18k gold was worth about $35.26 per gram and 14k about $27.42 per gram, against $47.01 for pure 24k. These are melt values before any dealer margin.
The gold-to-silver ratio closed at about 86.9 on 2 December 2019, meaning one ounce of gold was worth roughly 86.9 ounces of silver.
A year before 2 December 2019, gold was around $1,220.20 per troy ounce. The close of $1,462.30 therefore represents a rise of 19.8% over twelve months.
It closed 22.58% below the highest close on record up to that date, which was set on 2011-08-22.