Distance from the record
This close sat 13.58% 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 5 August 2022, not the current price.See today's gold price (11 September 2026)
Gold closed at $1,772.90 per troy ounce on 5 August 2022, down $15.60 (0.87%) from the previous close of $1,788.50.
This close sat 13.58% 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 $1,805.10, making this a -1.78% move year on year.
Figures in this section are shown in USD, independent of the currency selected above.
Gold closed at $1,772.90 per troy ounce on 5 August 2022. That is $15.60 lower than the previous close of $1,788.50, a move of -0.87%.
The gold price fell on 5 August 2022, losing $15.60 (0.87%) against the previous session's close of $1,788.50.
At $1,772.90 per troy ounce, one gram of pure gold was worth about $57.00 on 5 August 2022. A troy ounce is 31.1034768 grams.
Scrap value follows purity, so on 5 August 2022 18k gold was worth about $42.75 per gram and 14k about $33.25 per gram, against $57.00 for pure 24k. These are melt values before any dealer margin.
The gold-to-silver ratio closed at about 89.5 on 5 August 2022, meaning one ounce of gold was worth roughly 89.5 ounces of silver.
It closed 13.58% below the highest close on record up to that date, which was set on 2020-08-06.