Distance from the record
This close sat 9.95% 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 May 2022, not the current price.See today's gold price (11 September 2026)
Gold closed at $1,847.40 per troy ounce on 26 May 2022, up $1.200 (0.07%) from the previous close of $1,846.20.
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 9.95% 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 $1,901.30, making this a -2.83% move year on year.
Figures in this section are shown in USD, independent of the currency selected above.
Gold closed at $1,847.40 per troy ounce on 26 May 2022. That is $1.20 higher than the previous close of $1,846.20, a move of 0.07%.
The gold price rose on 26 May 2022, gaining $1.20 (0.07%) against the previous session's close of $1,846.20.
At $1,847.40 per troy ounce, one gram of pure gold was worth about $59.40 on 26 May 2022. A troy ounce is 31.1034768 grams.
Scrap value follows purity, so on 26 May 2022 18k gold was worth about $44.55 per gram and 14k about $34.65 per gram, against $59.40 for pure 24k. These are melt values before any dealer margin.
The gold-to-silver ratio closed at about 84.2 on 26 May 2022, meaning one ounce of gold was worth roughly 84.2 ounces of silver.
It closed 9.95% below the highest close on record up to that date, which was set on 2020-08-06.