Distance from the record
This close sat 13.14% 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 December 2021, not the current price.See today's gold price (11 September 2026)
Gold closed at $1,782.00 per troy ounce on 3 December 2021, up $21.30 (1.21%) from the previous close of $1,760.70.
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.
This close sat 13.14% 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 $1,836.80, making this a -2.98% move year on year.
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Gold closed at $1,782.00 per troy ounce on 3 December 2021. That is $21.30 higher than the previous close of $1,760.70, a move of 1.21%.
The gold price rose on 3 December 2021, gaining $21.30 (1.21%) against the previous session's close of $1,760.70.
At $1,782.00 per troy ounce, one gram of pure gold was worth about $57.29 on 3 December 2021. A troy ounce is 31.1034768 grams.
Scrap value follows purity, so on 3 December 2021 18k gold was worth about $42.97 per gram and 14k about $33.42 per gram, against $57.29 for pure 24k. These are melt values before any dealer margin.
The gold-to-silver ratio closed at about 79.4 on 3 December 2021, meaning one ounce of gold was worth roughly 79.4 ounces of silver.
It closed 13.14% below the highest close on record up to that date, which was set on 2020-08-06.