Distance from the record
This close sat 17.65% below the highest gold close recorded up to that date, set on 2011-08-22.
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This page is a historical record of the gold price in 22 January 2020, not the current price.See today's gold price (11 September 2026)
Gold closed at $1,555.30 per troy ounce on 22 January 2020, down $1.100 (0.07%) from the previous close of $1,556.40.
Gold barely moved, closing within 0.07% 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 17.65% 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 $1,282.50, making this a +21.27% move year on year.
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Gold closed at $1,555.30 per troy ounce on 22 January 2020. That is $1.10 lower than the previous close of $1,556.40, a move of -0.07%.
The gold price fell on 22 January 2020, losing $1.10 (0.07%) against the previous session's close of $1,556.40.
At $1,555.30 per troy ounce, one gram of pure gold was worth about $50.00 on 22 January 2020. A troy ounce is 31.1034768 grams.
Scrap value follows purity, so on 22 January 2020 18k gold was worth about $37.50 per gram and 14k about $29.17 per gram, against $50.00 for pure 24k. These are melt values before any dealer margin.
The gold-to-silver ratio closed at about 87.5 on 22 January 2020, meaning one ounce of gold was worth roughly 87.5 ounces of silver.
A month before 22 January 2020, gold was around $1,474.70 per troy ounce, so the close of $1,555.30 is a gain of 5.5% over the month.
A year before 22 January 2020, gold was around $1,282.50 per troy ounce. The close of $1,555.30 therefore represents a rise of 21.3% over twelve months.
It closed 17.65% below the highest close on record up to that date, which was set on 2011-08-22.