Distance from the record
This close sat 12.85% 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 21 December 2021, not the current price.See today's gold price (11 September 2026)
Gold closed at $1,787.90 per troy ounce on 21 December 2021, down $5.800 (0.32%) from the previous close of $1,793.70.
This close sat 12.85% 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 $1,879.20, making this a -4.86% move year on year.
Figures in this section are shown in USD, independent of the currency selected above.
Gold closed at $1,787.90 per troy ounce on 21 December 2021. That is $5.80 lower than the previous close of $1,793.70, a move of -0.32%.
The gold price fell on 21 December 2021, losing $5.80 (0.32%) against the previous session's close of $1,793.70.
At $1,787.90 per troy ounce, one gram of pure gold was worth about $57.48 on 21 December 2021. A troy ounce is 31.1034768 grams.
Scrap value follows purity, so on 21 December 2021 18k gold was worth about $43.11 per gram and 14k about $33.53 per gram, against $57.48 for pure 24k. These are melt values before any dealer margin.
The gold-to-silver ratio closed at about 79.5 on 21 December 2021, meaning one ounce of gold was worth roughly 79.5 ounces of silver.
It closed 12.85% below the highest close on record up to that date, which was set on 2020-08-06.