Distance from the record
This close sat 11.01% below the highest gold close recorded up to that date, set on 2020-08-06.
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This page is a historical record of the gold price in 2 December 2020, not the current price.See today's gold price (11 September 2026)
Gold falls 3.6% in a single session
Gold closed at $1,825.70 per troy ounce on 2 December 2020, down $67.40 (3.56%) from the previous close of $1,893.10.
Notable session: lowest close of the month; moved more than 3% in a session.
Gold lost 3.56% in one session, far more than a normal day's range. Falls this size rarely happen in isolation — the days on either side give the move its context.
This close sat 11.01% 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 $1,462.30, making this a +24.85% move year on year.
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Gold closed at $1,825.70 per troy ounce on 2 December 2020. That is $67.40 lower than the previous close of $1,893.10, a move of -3.56%.
The gold price fell on 2 December 2020, losing $67.40 (3.56%) against the previous session's close of $1,893.10.
At $1,825.70 per troy ounce, one gram of pure gold was worth about $58.70 on 2 December 2020. A troy ounce is 31.1034768 grams.
Scrap value follows purity, so on 2 December 2020 18k gold was worth about $44.02 per gram and 14k about $34.24 per gram, against $58.70 for pure 24k. These are melt values before any dealer margin.
The gold-to-silver ratio closed at about 76.0 on 2 December 2020, meaning one ounce of gold was worth roughly 76.0 ounces of silver.
A year before 2 December 2020, gold was around $1,462.30 per troy ounce. The close of $1,825.70 therefore represents a rise of 24.9% over twelve months.
It closed 11.01% below the highest close on record up to that date, which was set on 2020-08-06.