Distance from the record
This close sat 21.99% below the highest gold close recorded up to that date, set on 2011-08-22.
This page is a historical record of the gold price in 20 November 2019, not the current price.See today's gold price (11 September 2026)
Gold closed at $1,473.30 per troy ounce on 20 November 2019, unchanged from the previous close of $1,473.30.
Gold barely moved, closing within 0.00% 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 close sat 21.99% 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 $1,219.00, making this a +20.86% move year on year.
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Gold closed at $1,473.30 per troy ounce on 20 November 2019. That is $0.00 higher than the previous close of $1,473.30, a move of 0.00%.
The gold price was unchanged on 20 November 2019, gaining $0.00 (0.00%) against the previous session's close of $1,473.30.
At $1,473.30 per troy ounce, one gram of pure gold was worth about $47.37 on 20 November 2019. A troy ounce is 31.1034768 grams.
Scrap value follows purity, so on 20 November 2019 18k gold was worth about $35.53 per gram and 14k about $27.63 per gram, against $47.37 for pure 24k. These are melt values before any dealer margin.
The gold-to-silver ratio closed at about 86.2 on 20 November 2019, meaning one ounce of gold was worth roughly 86.2 ounces of silver.
A year before 20 November 2019, gold was around $1,219.00 per troy ounce. The close of $1,473.30 therefore represents a rise of 20.9% over twelve months.
It closed 21.99% below the highest close on record up to that date, which was set on 2011-08-22.