Distance from the record
This close sat 40.11% 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 21 December 2016, not the current price.See today's gold price (11 September 2026)
Gold closed at $1,131.10 per troy ounce on 21 December 2016, down $0.400 (0.04%) from the previous close of $1,131.50.
Gold barely moved, closing within 0.04% 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 40.11% 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 $1,081.90, making this a +4.55% move year on year.
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Gold closed at $1,131.10 per troy ounce on 21 December 2016. That is $0.40 lower than the previous close of $1,131.50, a move of -0.04%.
The gold price fell on 21 December 2016, losing $0.40 (0.04%) against the previous session's close of $1,131.50.
At $1,131.10 per troy ounce, one gram of pure gold was worth about $36.37 on 21 December 2016. A troy ounce is 31.1034768 grams.
Scrap value follows purity, so on 21 December 2016 18k gold was worth about $27.27 per gram and 14k about $21.21 per gram, against $36.37 for pure 24k. These are melt values before any dealer margin.
The gold-to-silver ratio closed at about 71.1 on 21 December 2016, meaning one ounce of gold was worth roughly 71.1 ounces of silver.
A week before 21 December 2016, gold was around $1,161.30 per troy ounce, so the close of $1,131.10 is a loss of 2.6% over the week.
A month before 21 December 2016, gold was around $1,209.60 per troy ounce, so the close of $1,131.10 is a loss of 6.5% over the month.
It closed 40.11% below the highest close on record up to that date, which was set on 2011-08-22.