Highest so far that month
No earlier session that month closed above this level.
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This page is a historical record of the gold price in 3 December 2018, not the current price.See today's gold price (11 September 2026)
Highest closing price since 16 July 2018
Gold closed at $1,233.90 per troy ounce on 3 December 2018, up $13.70 (1.12%) from the previous close of $1,220.20.
Notable session: lowest close of the month.
Gold moved the opposite way to the session before it. Single-day reversals are common and usually mean little on their own — what matters is whether the next few sessions follow.
No earlier session that month closed above this level.
This close sat 34.67% 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 $1,306.30, making this a -5.54% move year on year.
Figures in this section are shown in USD, independent of the currency selected above.
Gold closed at $1,233.90 per troy ounce on 3 December 2018. That is $13.70 higher than the previous close of $1,220.20, a move of 1.12%.
The gold price rose on 3 December 2018, gaining $13.70 (1.12%) against the previous session's close of $1,220.20.
At $1,233.90 per troy ounce, one gram of pure gold was worth about $39.67 on 3 December 2018. A troy ounce is 31.1034768 grams.
Scrap value follows purity, so on 3 December 2018 18k gold was worth about $29.75 per gram and 14k about $23.14 per gram, against $39.67 for pure 24k. These are melt values before any dealer margin.
The gold-to-silver ratio closed at about 85.8 on 3 December 2018, meaning one ounce of gold was worth roughly 85.8 ounces of silver.
It closed 34.67% below the highest close on record up to that date, which was set on 2011-08-22.
The most recent higher close was about 5 months earlier — 98 trading sessions before this one.