Distance from the record
This close sat 17.16% 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 20 July 2022, not the current price.See today's gold price (11 September 2026)
Lowest closing price since 30 March 2021
Gold closed at $1,699.50 per troy ounce on 20 July 2022, down $10.50 (0.61%) from the previous close of $1,710.00.
Notable session: lowest close of the month.
Gold had not closed this low for about a year. Breaking below a level held that long is the kind of move that tends to set the tone for the sessions that follow.
This close sat 17.16% 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 $1,810.90, making this a -6.15% move year on year.
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Gold closed at $1,699.50 per troy ounce on 20 July 2022. That is $10.50 lower than the previous close of $1,710.00, a move of -0.61%.
The gold price fell on 20 July 2022, losing $10.50 (0.61%) against the previous session's close of $1,710.00.
At $1,699.50 per troy ounce, one gram of pure gold was worth about $54.64 on 20 July 2022. A troy ounce is 31.1034768 grams.
Scrap value follows purity, so on 20 July 2022 18k gold was worth about $40.98 per gram and 14k about $31.87 per gram, against $54.64 for pure 24k. These are melt values before any dealer margin.
The gold-to-silver ratio closed at about 91.2 on 20 July 2022, meaning one ounce of gold was worth roughly 91.2 ounces of silver.
A week before 20 July 2022, gold was around $1,734.20 per troy ounce, so the close of $1,699.50 is a loss of 2.0% over the week.
A month before 20 July 2022, gold was around $1,835.60 per troy ounce, so the close of $1,699.50 is a loss of 7.4% over the month.
It closed 17.16% below the highest close on record up to that date, which was set on 2020-08-06.