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Gold closed at $4,521.00 per troy ounce on 22 May 2026, down $18.80 (0.41%) from the previous close of $4,539.80.
Metal value only, before dealer margins and fabrication.
Twelve months earlier gold traded around $3,292.30, making this a +37.32% move year on year.
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Gold closed at $4,521.00 per troy ounce on 22 May 2026. That is $18.80 lower than the previous close of $4,539.80, a move of -0.41%.
The gold price fell on 22 May 2026, losing $18.80 (0.41%) against the previous session's close of $4,539.80.
At $4,521.00 per troy ounce, one gram of pure gold was worth about $145.35 on 22 May 2026. A troy ounce is 31.1034768 grams.
Scrap value follows purity, so on 22 May 2026 18k gold was worth about $109.02 per gram and 14k about $84.79 per gram, against $145.35 for pure 24k. These are melt values before any dealer margin.
The gold-to-silver ratio closed at about 59.6 on 22 May 2026, meaning one ounce of gold was worth roughly 59.6 ounces of silver.
A week before 22 May 2026, gold was around $4,555.80 per troy ounce, so the close of $4,521.00 is a loss of 0.8% over the week.
A month before 22 May 2026, gold was around $4,732.50 per troy ounce, so the close of $4,521.00 is a loss of 4.5% over the month.
A year before 22 May 2026, gold was around $3,292.30 per troy ounce. The close of $4,521.00 therefore represents a rise of 37.3% over twelve months.