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This page is a historical record of the gold price in 26 December 2019, not the current price.See today's gold price (11 September 2026)
Highest closing price since 31 October 2019
Gold closed at $1,509.30 per troy ounce on 26 December 2019, up $10.20 (0.68%) from the previous close of $1,499.10.
This close extended a run of 3 consecutive sessions of gains. Runs are more informative than any one day inside them: they show direction holding rather than a single session's noise.
No earlier session that month closed above this level.
This close sat 20.09% 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 $1,269.20, making this a +18.92% move year on year.
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Gold closed at $1,509.30 per troy ounce on 26 December 2019. That is $10.20 higher than the previous close of $1,499.10, a move of 0.68%.
The gold price rose on 26 December 2019, gaining $10.20 (0.68%) against the previous session's close of $1,499.10.
At $1,509.30 per troy ounce, one gram of pure gold was worth about $48.53 on 26 December 2019. A troy ounce is 31.1034768 grams.
Scrap value follows purity, so on 26 December 2019 18k gold was worth about $36.39 per gram and 14k about $28.31 per gram, against $48.53 for pure 24k. These are melt values before any dealer margin.
The gold-to-silver ratio closed at about 84.3 on 26 December 2019, meaning one ounce of gold was worth roughly 84.3 ounces of silver.
A week before 26 December 2019, gold was around $1,478.20 per troy ounce, so the close of $1,509.30 is a gain of 2.1% over the week.
A year before 26 December 2019, gold was around $1,269.20 per troy ounce. The close of $1,509.30 therefore represents a rise of 18.9% over twelve months.
This close was session 3 of a consecutive run of gains. A run is counted by closes, so an intraday reversal that still closed in the same direction does not break it.
It closed 20.09% below the highest close on record up to that date, which was set on 2011-08-22.