Distance from the record
This close sat 10.57% 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 9 December 2020, not the current price.See today's gold price (11 September 2026)
Gold closed at $1,834.60 per troy ounce on 9 December 2020, down $36.20 (1.94%) from the previous close of $1,870.80.
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 10.57% 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 $1,459.30, making this a +25.72% move year on year.
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Gold closed at $1,834.60 per troy ounce on 9 December 2020. That is $36.20 lower than the previous close of $1,870.80, a move of -1.94%.
The gold price fell on 9 December 2020, losing $36.20 (1.94%) against the previous session's close of $1,870.80.
At $1,834.60 per troy ounce, one gram of pure gold was worth about $58.98 on 9 December 2020. A troy ounce is 31.1034768 grams.
Scrap value follows purity, so on 9 December 2020 18k gold was worth about $44.24 per gram and 14k about $34.41 per gram, against $58.98 for pure 24k. These are melt values before any dealer margin.
The gold-to-silver ratio closed at about 76.7 on 9 December 2020, meaning one ounce of gold was worth roughly 76.7 ounces of silver.
A year before 9 December 2020, gold was around $1,459.30 per troy ounce. The close of $1,834.60 therefore represents a rise of 25.7% over twelve months.
It closed 10.57% below the highest close on record up to that date, which was set on 2020-08-06.