Highest so far that month
No earlier session that month closed above this level.
This page is a historical record of the gold price in 3 December 2014, not the current price.See today's gold price (11 September 2026)
Highest closing price since 29 October 2014
Gold closed at $1,208.50 per troy ounce on 3 December 2014, up $9.300 (0.78%) from the previous close of $1,199.20.
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 36.01% 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 $1,221.70, making this a -1.08% move year on year.
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Gold closed at $1,208.50 per troy ounce on 3 December 2014. That is $9.30 higher than the previous close of $1,199.20, a move of 0.78%.
The gold price rose on 3 December 2014, gaining $9.30 (0.78%) against the previous session's close of $1,199.20.
At $1,208.50 per troy ounce, one gram of pure gold was worth about $38.85 on 3 December 2014. A troy ounce is 31.1034768 grams.
Scrap value follows purity, so on 3 December 2014 18k gold was worth about $29.14 per gram and 14k about $22.66 per gram, against $38.85 for pure 24k. These are melt values before any dealer margin.
The gold-to-silver ratio closed at about 73.9 on 3 December 2014, meaning one ounce of gold was worth roughly 73.9 ounces of silver.
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 36.01% below the highest close on record up to that date, which was set on 2011-08-22.