Distance from the record
This close sat 36.07% below the highest gold close recorded up to that date, set on 2011-08-22.
This page is a historical record of the gold price in 4 December 2014, not the current price.See today's gold price (11 September 2026)
Gold closed at $1,207.50 per troy ounce on 4 December 2014, down $1.000 (0.08%) from the previous close of $1,208.50.
Gold barely moved, closing within 0.08% of the previous session. Flat days are the majority of any price series and are most useful as the baseline the notable days are measured against.
This close sat 36.07% 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 $1,248.20, making this a -3.26% move year on year.
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Gold closed at $1,207.50 per troy ounce on 4 December 2014. That is $1.00 lower than the previous close of $1,208.50, a move of -0.08%.
The gold price fell on 4 December 2014, losing $1.00 (0.08%) against the previous session's close of $1,208.50.
At $1,207.50 per troy ounce, one gram of pure gold was worth about $38.82 on 4 December 2014. A troy ounce is 31.1034768 grams.
Scrap value follows purity, so on 4 December 2014 18k gold was worth about $29.12 per gram and 14k about $22.65 per gram, against $38.82 for pure 24k. These are melt values before any dealer margin.
The gold-to-silver ratio closed at about 73.1 on 4 December 2014, meaning one ounce of gold was worth roughly 73.1 ounces of silver.
It closed 36.07% below the highest close on record up to that date, which was set on 2011-08-22.