Distance from the record
This close sat 21.92% 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 2019, not the current price.See today's gold price (11 September 2026)
Gold closed at $1,474.70 per troy ounce on 20 December 2019, down $3.500 (0.24%) from the previous close of $1,478.20.
This close sat 21.92% 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 $1,263.60, making this a +16.71% move year on year.
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Gold closed at $1,474.70 per troy ounce on 20 December 2019. That is $3.50 lower than the previous close of $1,478.20, a move of -0.24%.
The gold price fell on 20 December 2019, losing $3.50 (0.24%) against the previous session's close of $1,478.20.
At $1,474.70 per troy ounce, one gram of pure gold was worth about $47.41 on 20 December 2019. A troy ounce is 31.1034768 grams.
Scrap value follows purity, so on 20 December 2019 18k gold was worth about $35.56 per gram and 14k about $27.66 per gram, against $47.41 for pure 24k. These are melt values before any dealer margin.
The gold-to-silver ratio closed at about 86.1 on 20 December 2019, meaning one ounce of gold was worth roughly 86.1 ounces of silver.
A year before 20 December 2019, gold was around $1,263.60 per troy ounce. The close of $1,474.70 therefore represents a rise of 16.7% over twelve months.
It closed 21.92% below the highest close on record up to that date, which was set on 2011-08-22.