Distance from the record
This close sat 12.01% below the highest gold close recorded up to that date, set on 2020-08-06.
This page is a historical record of the gold price in 29 December 2021, not the current price.See today's gold price (11 September 2026)
Gold closed at $1,805.10 per troy ounce on 29 December 2021, down $5.100 (0.28%) from the previous close of $1,810.20.
This close sat 12.01% 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 $1,879.70, making this a -3.97% move year on year.
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Gold closed at $1,805.10 per troy ounce on 29 December 2021. That is $5.10 lower than the previous close of $1,810.20, a move of -0.28%.
The gold price fell on 29 December 2021, losing $5.10 (0.28%) against the previous session's close of $1,810.20.
At $1,805.10 per troy ounce, one gram of pure gold was worth about $58.04 on 29 December 2021. A troy ounce is 31.1034768 grams.
Scrap value follows purity, so on 29 December 2021 18k gold was worth about $43.53 per gram and 14k about $33.85 per gram, against $58.04 for pure 24k. These are melt values before any dealer margin.
The gold-to-silver ratio closed at about 79.0 on 29 December 2021, meaning one ounce of gold was worth roughly 79.0 ounces of silver.
It closed 12.01% below the highest close on record up to that date, which was set on 2020-08-06.