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This close sat 32.18% 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 2 January 2019, not the current price.See today's gold price (11 September 2026)
Gold closed at $1,281.00 per troy ounce on 2 January 2019, down $38.70 (2.93%) from the previous close of $1,319.70.
Gold lost 2.93% 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 32.18% 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 $1,313.70, making this a -2.49% move year on year.
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Gold closed at $1,281.00 per troy ounce on 2 January 2019. That is $38.70 lower than the previous close of $1,319.70, a move of -2.93%.
The gold price fell on 2 January 2019, losing $38.70 (2.93%) against the previous session's close of $1,319.70.
At $1,281.00 per troy ounce, one gram of pure gold was worth about $41.19 on 2 January 2019. A troy ounce is 31.1034768 grams.
Scrap value follows purity, so on 2 January 2019 18k gold was worth about $30.89 per gram and 14k about $24.02 per gram, against $41.19 for pure 24k. These are melt values before any dealer margin.
The gold-to-silver ratio closed at about 82.4 on 2 January 2019, meaning one ounce of gold was worth roughly 82.4 ounces of silver.
It closed 32.18% below the highest close on record up to that date, which was set on 2011-08-22.