Distance from the record
This close sat 1.69% below the highest gold close recorded up to that date, set on 2000-09-27.
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This page is a historical record of the gold price in 22 December 2000, not the current price.See today's gold price (11 September 2026)
Gold closed at $273.70 per troy ounce on 22 December 2000, unchanged from the previous close of $273.70.
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 1.69% below the highest gold close recorded up to that date, set on 2000-09-27.
Metal value only, before dealer margins and fabrication.
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Gold closed at $273.70 per troy ounce on 22 December 2000. That is $0.00 higher than the previous close of $273.70, a move of 0.00%.
The gold price was unchanged on 22 December 2000, gaining $0.00 (0.00%) against the previous session's close of $273.70.
At $273.70 per troy ounce, one gram of pure gold was worth about $8.80 on 22 December 2000. A troy ounce is 31.1034768 grams.
Scrap value follows purity, so on 22 December 2000 18k gold was worth about $6.60 per gram and 14k about $5.13 per gram, against $8.80 for pure 24k. These are melt values before any dealer margin.
The gold-to-silver ratio closed at about 59.4 on 22 December 2000, meaning one ounce of gold was worth roughly 59.4 ounces of silver.
It closed 1.69% below the highest close on record up to that date, which was set on 2000-09-27.