Distance from the record
This close sat 15.37% below the highest gold close recorded up to that date, set on 2020-08-06.
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This page is a historical record of the gold price in 26 August 2022, not the current price.See today's gold price (11 September 2026)
Gold closed at $1,736.10 per troy ounce on 26 August 2022, down $21.60 (1.23%) from the previous close of $1,757.70.
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 close sat 15.37% 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 $1,792.20, making this a -3.13% move year on year.
Figures in this section are shown in USD, independent of the currency selected above.
Gold closed at $1,736.10 per troy ounce on 26 August 2022. That is $21.60 lower than the previous close of $1,757.70, a move of -1.23%.
The gold price fell on 26 August 2022, losing $21.60 (1.23%) against the previous session's close of $1,757.70.
At $1,736.10 per troy ounce, one gram of pure gold was worth about $55.82 on 26 August 2022. A troy ounce is 31.1034768 grams.
Scrap value follows purity, so on 26 August 2022 18k gold was worth about $41.86 per gram and 14k about $32.56 per gram, against $55.82 for pure 24k. These are melt values before any dealer margin.
The gold-to-silver ratio closed at about 92.6 on 26 August 2022, meaning one ounce of gold was worth roughly 92.6 ounces of silver.
It closed 15.37% below the highest close on record up to that date, which was set on 2020-08-06.