Distance from the record
This close sat 12.46% below the highest gold close recorded up to that date, set on 2020-08-06.
This page is a historical record of the gold price in 2 December 2022, not the current price.See today's gold price (11 September 2026)
Gold closed at $1,795.90 per troy ounce on 2 December 2022, down $23.80 (1.31%) from the previous close of $1,819.70.
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 close sat 12.46% 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 $1,760.70, making this a +2.00% move year on year.
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Gold closed at $1,795.90 per troy ounce on 2 December 2022. That is $23.80 lower than the previous close of $1,819.70, a move of -1.31%.
The gold price fell on 2 December 2022, losing $23.80 (1.31%) against the previous session's close of $1,819.70.
At $1,795.90 per troy ounce, one gram of pure gold was worth about $57.74 on 2 December 2022. A troy ounce is 31.1034768 grams.
Scrap value follows purity, so on 2 December 2022 18k gold was worth about $43.30 per gram and 14k about $33.68 per gram, against $57.74 for pure 24k. These are melt values before any dealer margin.
The gold-to-silver ratio closed at about 78.0 on 2 December 2022, meaning one ounce of gold was worth roughly 78.0 ounces of silver.
A week before 2 December 2022, gold was around $1,753.30 per troy ounce, so the close of $1,795.90 is a gain of 2.4% over the week.
A month before 2 December 2022, gold was around $1,645.70 per troy ounce, so the close of $1,795.90 is a gain of 9.1% over the month.
It closed 12.46% below the highest close on record up to that date, which was set on 2020-08-06.