Highest so far that week
This was the strongest close of the week up to that point.
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This page is a historical record of the gold price in 20 May 2022, not the current price.See today's gold price (11 September 2026)
Gold closed at $1,841.80 per troy ounce on 20 May 2022, up $0.600 (0.03%) from the previous close of $1,841.20.
Gold barely moved, closing within 0.03% of the previous session. Flat days are the majority of any price series and are most useful as the baseline the notable days are measured against.
This was the strongest close of the week up to that point.
This close sat 10.22% 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 $1,881.80, making this a -2.13% move year on year.
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Gold closed at $1,841.80 per troy ounce on 20 May 2022. That is $0.60 higher than the previous close of $1,841.20, a move of 0.03%.
The gold price rose on 20 May 2022, gaining $0.60 (0.03%) against the previous session's close of $1,841.20.
At $1,841.80 per troy ounce, one gram of pure gold was worth about $59.22 on 20 May 2022. A troy ounce is 31.1034768 grams.
Scrap value follows purity, so on 20 May 2022 18k gold was worth about $44.41 per gram and 14k about $34.54 per gram, against $59.22 for pure 24k. These are melt values before any dealer margin.
The gold-to-silver ratio closed at about 85.0 on 20 May 2022, meaning one ounce of gold was worth roughly 85.0 ounces of silver.
A month before 20 May 2022, gold was around $1,952.30 per troy ounce, so the close of $1,841.80 is a loss of 5.7% over the month.
It closed 10.22% below the highest close on record up to that date, which was set on 2020-08-06.