Distance from the record
This close sat 14.31% 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 3 August 2022, not the current price.See today's gold price (11 September 2026)
Gold closed at $1,758.00 per troy ounce on 3 August 2022, down $13.10 (0.74%) from the previous close of $1,771.10.
This close sat 14.31% 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 $1,810.10, making this a -2.88% move year on year.
Figures in this section are shown in USD, independent of the currency selected above.
Gold closed at $1,758.00 per troy ounce on 3 August 2022. That is $13.10 lower than the previous close of $1,771.10, a move of -0.74%.
The gold price fell on 3 August 2022, losing $13.10 (0.74%) against the previous session's close of $1,771.10.
At $1,758.00 per troy ounce, one gram of pure gold was worth about $56.52 on 3 August 2022. A troy ounce is 31.1034768 grams.
Scrap value follows purity, so on 3 August 2022 18k gold was worth about $42.39 per gram and 14k about $32.97 per gram, against $56.52 for pure 24k. These are melt values before any dealer margin.
The gold-to-silver ratio closed at about 88.5 on 3 August 2022, meaning one ounce of gold was worth roughly 88.5 ounces of silver.
A week before 3 August 2022, gold was around $1,719.10 per troy ounce, so the close of $1,758.00 is a gain of 2.3% over the week.
It closed 14.31% below the highest close on record up to that date, which was set on 2020-08-06.