Distance from the record
This close sat 12.91% 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 20 December 2012, not the current price.See today's gold price (11 September 2026)
Lowest closing price since 22 August 2012
Gold closed at $1,644.90 per troy ounce on 20 December 2012, down $21.60 (1.30%) from the previous close of $1,666.50.
Notable session: lowest close of the month.
This close extended a run of 3 consecutive sessions of losses. Runs are more informative than any one day inside them: they show direction holding rather than a single session's noise.
This close sat 12.91% 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 $1,615.60, making this a +1.81% move year on year.
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Gold closed at $1,644.90 per troy ounce on 20 December 2012. That is $21.60 lower than the previous close of $1,666.50, a move of -1.30%.
The gold price fell on 20 December 2012, losing $21.60 (1.30%) against the previous session's close of $1,666.50.
At $1,644.90 per troy ounce, one gram of pure gold was worth about $52.88 on 20 December 2012. A troy ounce is 31.1034768 grams.
Scrap value follows purity, so on 20 December 2012 18k gold was worth about $39.66 per gram and 14k about $30.85 per gram, against $52.88 for pure 24k. These are melt values before any dealer margin.
The gold-to-silver ratio closed at about 55.5 on 20 December 2012, meaning one ounce of gold was worth roughly 55.5 ounces of silver.
A week before 20 December 2012, gold was around $1,695.60 per troy ounce, so the close of $1,644.90 is a loss of 3.0% over the week.
This close was session 3 of a consecutive run of losses. A run is counted by closes, so an intraday reversal that still closed in the same direction does not break it.
It closed 12.91% below the highest close on record up to that date, which was set on 2011-08-22.