Price history · December 2024
Gold price in December 2024
Gold fell 1.6% in December 2024, closing at $2,609.10 on December 30, 2024. The month's high was $2,705.45 on Dec 11 and its low $2,592.45 on Dec 19; the average price was $2,644.07, down 0.2% on November's. That left gold up 25.5% for 2024.
- Close$2,609.10Dec 30 · −1.6% on the month
- Open$2,642.15Dec 2
- High$2,705.45Dec 11
- Low$2,592.45Dec 19
- Average$2,644.07−0.2% vs Nov average
- 2024 full year+25.5%since Dec 28, 2023
Gold opened December 2024 at $2,642.15 and closed at $2,609.10; high $2,705.45 on December 11, 2024, low $2,592.45 on December 19, 2024.
Gold day by day in December 2024
Each trading day's change against the previous trading day's price. Dec 2 is compared with Nov 29, the last price of November 2024.
| Day | Change | Size of the move |
|---|---|---|
| Mon Dec 2 | −0.34% | |
| Tue Dec 3 | −0.06% | |
| Wed Dec 4 | +0.30% | |
| Thu Dec 5 | −0.32% | |
| Fri Dec 6 | −0.11% | |
| Mon Dec 9 | +1.31% | |
| Tue Dec 10 | +0.66% | |
| Wed Dec 11 | +0.59% | |
| Thu Dec 12 | −0.78% | |
| Fri Dec 13 | −0.94% | |
| Mon Dec 16 | −0.18% | |
| Tue Dec 17 | −0.67% | |
| Wed Dec 18 | −0.03% | |
| Thu Dec 19 | −1.64% | |
| Fri Dec 20 | +0.93% | |
| Mon Dec 23 | −0.10% | |
| Fri Dec 27 | +0.08% | |
| Mon Dec 30 | −0.26% |
- Days up6of 18 trading days
- Days down12of 18 trading days
- Largest rise+1.31%Dec 9
- Largest fall−1.64%Dec 19
- Typical daily move0.33%median size of a day's move, up or down
LBMA Gold Price PM (daily benchmark), 18 trading days. Moves are worked out from the daily prices; the daily LBMA prices themselves are not listed (see sources below). Past moves, not a forecast.
What moved gold in December 2024
A quieter month that ended 1.6% lower. The Federal Reserve cut rates on December 18 but signalled fewer cuts for 2025; the next day gold fell 1.6% to the month's low. Even so, the year closed about 25% above where it started.
Largest one-day rise: +1.3% on Dec 9. Largest one-day fall: −1.6% on Dec 19.
What is moving gold now: today's market news.
Written by the Bullion Trading LLC editorial team from the price data and widely reported market events. Past moves, not a forecast.
December 2024 compared
| Month | Average | High | Low | Close | Change |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| December 2024 | $2,644.07 | $2,705.45 | $2,592.45 | $2,609.10 | −1.6% |
| November 2024 | $2,650.68 | $2,744.30 | $2,567.30 | $2,651.05 | −3.0% |
| December 2023 | $2,029.29 | $2,078.40 | $1,980.85 | $2,078.40 | +2.1% |
Gold's December 2024 average was 30.3% above its December 2023 average. The highest daily price of 2024 was $2,777.80 on October 30, 2024.
US dollars per troy ounce. Change = the month's last price against the previous month's last price.
Gold month by month
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Sources: LBMA precious metal prices through 2026-09-28 (shown as charts, summaries and daily percentage moves only; we don't publish daily LBMA price tables); Bullion Trading LLC weekday spot closes afterward. Latest observation for this metal: 2026-11-03; the current month is provisional. Prepared by the Bullion Trading LLC editorial team.