Highest so far that week
This was the strongest close of the week up to that point.
This page is a historical record of the gold price in 22 December 2014, not the current price.See today's gold price (11 September 2026)
Lowest closing price since 28 November 2014
Gold closed at $1,179.70 per troy ounce on 22 December 2014, down $16.20 (1.35%) from the previous close of $1,195.90.
Gold moved the opposite way to the session before it. Single-day reversals are common and usually mean little on their own — what matters is whether the next few sessions follow.
This was the strongest close of the week up to that point.
This close sat 37.54% 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 $1,205.10, making this a -2.11% move year on year.
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Gold closed at $1,179.70 per troy ounce on 22 December 2014. That is $16.20 lower than the previous close of $1,195.90, a move of -1.35%.
The gold price fell on 22 December 2014, losing $16.20 (1.35%) against the previous session's close of $1,195.90.
At $1,179.70 per troy ounce, one gram of pure gold was worth about $37.93 on 22 December 2014. A troy ounce is 31.1034768 grams.
Scrap value follows purity, so on 22 December 2014 18k gold was worth about $28.45 per gram and 14k about $22.12 per gram, against $37.93 for pure 24k. These are melt values before any dealer margin.
The gold-to-silver ratio closed at about 75.4 on 22 December 2014, meaning one ounce of gold was worth roughly 75.4 ounces of silver.
A week before 22 December 2014, gold was around $1,207.20 per troy ounce, so the close of $1,179.70 is a loss of 2.3% over the week.
It closed 37.54% below the highest close on record up to that date, which was set on 2011-08-22.