Gold price in December 2019: daily prices, high, low and change
Gold closed December 2019 at $1,519.50 an ounce, up 3.68% on the month. The highest close was $1,519.50 on 31 Dec and the lowest $1,459.10 on 6 Dec. Every trading day below, with ranks and context computed from COMEX data.
Gold price chart, December 2019 (daily close and high-low range, US$ per ounce)
Gold line = daily settlement; bars = intraday high to low where available; dashed line = November 2019 close ($1,465.60).
Daily gold prices in December 2019 (21 trading days)
| Date | Open | High | Low | Close | Change | % change |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Mon 2 Dec | $1,462.80 | $1,464.40 | $1,453.30 | $1,462.30 | −$3.30 | −0.23% |
| Tue 3 Dec | $1,461.60 | $1,480.40 | $1,459.50 | $1,478.20 | +$15.90 | +1.09% |
| Wed 4 Dec | $1,477.50 | $1,483.40 | $1,471.20 | $1,474.00 | −$4.20 | −0.28% |
| Thu 5 Dec | $1,474.70 | $1,478.00 | $1,472.30 | $1,476.90 | +$2.90 | +0.20% |
| Fri 6 Dec worst day | $1,475.00 | $1,476.00 | $1,458.20 | $1,459.10 | −$17.80 | −1.21% |
| Mon 9 Dec | $1,458.80 | $1,464.20 | $1,458.60 | $1,459.30 | +$0.20 | +0.01% |
| Tue 10 Dec | $1,460.70 | $1,467.20 | $1,460.70 | $1,462.60 | +$3.30 | +0.23% |
| Wed 11 Dec | $1,463.10 | $1,475.40 | $1,463.10 | $1,469.40 | +$6.80 | +0.46% |
| Thu 12 Dec | $1,475.10 | $1,483.90 | $1,463.70 | $1,466.70 | −$2.70 | −0.18% |
| Fri 13 Dec | $1,463.10 | $1,475.90 | $1,463.10 | $1,475.60 | +$8.90 | +0.61% |
| Mon 16 Dec | $1,473.80 | $1,475.30 | $1,473.80 | $1,475.00 | −$0.60 | −0.04% |
| Tue 17 Dec | $1,474.10 | $1,476.90 | $1,474.00 | $1,474.60 | −$0.40 | −0.03% |
| Wed 18 Dec | — | — | — | $1,472.60 | −$2.00 | −0.14% |
| Thu 19 Dec | $1,475.90 | $1,478.90 | $1,473.30 | $1,478.20 | +$5.60 | +0.38% |
| Fri 20 Dec | $1,476.70 | $1,478.10 | $1,474.70 | $1,474.70 | −$3.50 | −0.24% |
| Mon 23 Dec | $1,482.30 | $1,482.50 | $1,479.90 | $1,482.50 | +$7.80 | +0.53% |
| Tue 24 Dec best day | $1,488.70 | $1,499.10 | $1,488.70 | $1,499.10 | +$16.60 | +1.12% |
| Thu 26 Dec | $1,505.20 | $1,512.30 | $1,505.00 | $1,509.30 | +$10.20 | +0.68% |
| Fri 27 Dec | — | — | — | $1,513.80 | +$4.50 | +0.30% |
| Mon 30 Dec | $1,512.60 | $1,515.10 | $1,510.00 | $1,514.50 | +$0.70 | +0.05% |
| Tue 31 Dec | $1,513.80 | $1,523.40 | $1,513.80 | $1,519.50 | +$5.00 | +0.33% |
Close = COMEX gold futures settlement in US dollars per troy ounce; change is against the previous trading day's close. Open, high and low are shown as — on 2 days where the source has no usable intraday data (common before 2012, when the front-month contract traded thinly in the data feed).
Monthly open, high, low and close
| December 2019 | Open | High | Low | Close | Change |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Settlements | $1,462.30 | $1,519.50 | $1,459.10 | $1,519.50 | +3.68% |
| Intraday | $1,462.80 | $1,523.40 31 Dec | $1,453.30 2 Dec | $1,519.50 | — |
Settlements: first, highest, lowest and last daily close of the month (the basis used on the 2019 page and the monthly returns heatmap). Intraday: the highest and lowest traded prices in the daily bars.
Source: COMEX gold futures (GC=F) daily settlements and intraday bars via Yahoo Finance; US CPI (FRED CPIAUCSL) for the inflation adjustment; World Bank Pink Sheet for the monthly London average. Figures are final settlements; sources may occasionally revise historical data.
Gold in December 2019: summary
Gold rose 3.68% in December 2019, from $1,465.60 at the end of November 2019 to $1,519.50 an ounce. Settlement prices ranged from $1,459.10 on 6 December 2019 to $1,519.50 on 31 December 2019, a spread of $60.40 (4.1%), wider than the 4.1% average of the previous 12 months. Gold closed higher on 13 of 21 trading days and lower on 8; the strongest session was 24 December 2019 (+1.12%) and the weakest 6 December 2019 (−1.21%).
How December 2019 compares
- Against other Decembers: at +3.68%, December 2019 ranks 9th of 26 Decembers since 2000 (best first).
- Against every month: it ranks 85th of 313 months since September 2000, better than 73% of them.
- Range: the gap between the highest and lowest close was $60.40, or 4.1% of the opening level, 1.0× the 4.1% average of the previous 12 months.
- Daily moves: the average day moved 0.40% (up or down), against 0.53% over the previous 12 months, so December 2019 was calmer than usual.
- Streaks: the longest run of higher closes was 6 days and the longest run of lower closes 3 days.
- Bigger picture: at the month-end close gold was +18.87% for 2019 to the end of December and +18.87% over 12 months (against the December 2018 close of $1,278.30).
- Average price: the mean of the 21 daily closes was $1,480.85; the World Bank's monthly average of the London (LBMA) price was $1,479.00.
Across the other 25 completed Decembers since 2000, gold averaged +1.36% and rose in 16 of them (64%). December 2019 beat that average by 2.3 percentage points. The gold seasonality tool shows the same statistics for every calendar month, and the monthly returns heatmap lays out all Decembers side by side.
December 2019 in today's dollars
Adjusted for US consumer-price inflation, the $1,519.50 closing price equals about $1,976 in September 2026 dollars (CPI 258.6 in December 2019 against 336.3 in September 2026, FRED series CPIAUCSL), 30% more than the nominal figure. The gold price history hub restates every year's close on the same basis, and the all-time-high tracker lists every record close in nominal dollars.
Gold price by month in 2019
The gold price in 2019 page has the year's open, high, low and close, and the monthly archive on the gold price history hub explains how these month pages are built.
Frequently asked questions
What was the gold price in December 2019?
Gold closed December 2019 at $1,519.50 an ounce (COMEX settlement). It opened the month at $1,462.30 and averaged $1,480.85 across 21 trading days; the World Bank’s London average for the month was $1,479.00.
Did gold go up in December 2019?
Yes. Gold was up 3.68% in December 2019, from $1,465.60 at the end of November 2019 to $1,519.50. It closed higher on 13 of 21 days. Among Decembers since 2000 it ranks 9th of 26 (best first).
What was the highest gold price in December 2019?
The highest close was $1,519.50 on 31 December 2019. The highest intraday price in the daily bars was $1,523.40 on 31 December 2019.
What was the lowest gold price in December 2019?
The lowest close was $1,459.10 on 6 December 2019, $60.40 (4.1%) below the month’s highest close. The lowest intraday price was $1,453.30 on 2 December 2019.
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