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This close sat 10.51% 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 4 December 2020, not the current price.See today's gold price (11 September 2026)
Gold closed at $1,835.90 per troy ounce on 4 December 2020, down $0.900 (0.05%) from the previous close of $1,836.80.
Gold barely moved, closing within 0.05% 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 10.51% 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 $1,474.00, making this a +24.55% move year on year.
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Gold closed at $1,835.90 per troy ounce on 4 December 2020. That is $0.90 lower than the previous close of $1,836.80, a move of -0.05%.
The gold price fell on 4 December 2020, losing $0.90 (0.05%) against the previous session's close of $1,836.80.
At $1,835.90 per troy ounce, one gram of pure gold was worth about $59.03 on 4 December 2020. A troy ounce is 31.1034768 grams.
Scrap value follows purity, so on 4 December 2020 18k gold was worth about $44.27 per gram and 14k about $34.43 per gram, against $59.03 for pure 24k. These are melt values before any dealer margin.
The gold-to-silver ratio closed at about 75.9 on 4 December 2020, meaning one ounce of gold was worth roughly 75.9 ounces of silver.
A week before 4 December 2020, gold was around $1,781.90 per troy ounce, so the close of $1,835.90 is a gain of 3.0% over the week.
A year before 4 December 2020, gold was around $1,474.00 per troy ounce. The close of $1,835.90 therefore represents a rise of 24.6% over twelve months.
It closed 10.51% below the highest close on record up to that date, which was set on 2020-08-06.