Distance from the record
This close sat 10.71% below the highest gold close recorded up to that date, set on 2020-08-06.
This page is a historical record of the gold price in 21 January 2022, not the current price.See today's gold price (11 September 2026)
Gold closed at $1,831.80 per troy ounce on 21 January 2022, down $10.70 (0.58%) from the previous close of $1,842.50.
This close sat 10.71% 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 $1,865.30, making this a -1.80% move year on year.
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Gold closed at $1,831.80 per troy ounce on 21 January 2022. That is $10.70 lower than the previous close of $1,842.50, a move of -0.58%.
The gold price fell on 21 January 2022, losing $10.70 (0.58%) against the previous session's close of $1,842.50.
At $1,831.80 per troy ounce, one gram of pure gold was worth about $58.89 on 21 January 2022. A troy ounce is 31.1034768 grams.
Scrap value follows purity, so on 21 January 2022 18k gold was worth about $44.17 per gram and 14k about $34.35 per gram, against $58.89 for pure 24k. These are melt values before any dealer margin.
The gold-to-silver ratio closed at about 75.3 on 21 January 2022, meaning one ounce of gold was worth roughly 75.3 ounces of silver.
It closed 10.71% below the highest close on record up to that date, which was set on 2020-08-06.