Distance from the record
This close sat 5.87% 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 22 April 2022, not the current price.See today's gold price (11 September 2026)
Lowest closing price since 6 April 2022
Gold closed at $1,931.00 per troy ounce on 22 April 2022, down $13.90 (0.71%) from the previous close of $1,944.90.
This close extended a run of 4 consecutive sessions of losses. Runs are more informative than any one day inside them: they show direction holding rather than a single session's noise.
This close sat 5.87% 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 $1,781.20, making this a +8.41% move year on year.
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Gold closed at $1,931.00 per troy ounce on 22 April 2022. That is $13.90 lower than the previous close of $1,944.90, a move of -0.71%.
The gold price fell on 22 April 2022, losing $13.90 (0.71%) against the previous session's close of $1,944.90.
At $1,931.00 per troy ounce, one gram of pure gold was worth about $62.08 on 22 April 2022. A troy ounce is 31.1034768 grams.
Scrap value follows purity, so on 22 April 2022 18k gold was worth about $46.56 per gram and 14k about $36.22 per gram, against $62.08 for pure 24k. These are melt values before any dealer margin.
The gold-to-silver ratio closed at about 79.6 on 22 April 2022, meaning one ounce of gold was worth roughly 79.6 ounces of silver.
A week before 22 April 2022, gold was around $1,970.90 per troy ounce, so the close of $1,931.00 is a loss of 2.0% over the week.
This close was session 4 of a consecutive run of losses. A run is counted by closes, so an intraday reversal that still closed in the same direction does not break it.
It closed 5.87% below the highest close on record up to that date, which was set on 2020-08-06.