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Gold (XAUUSD) in December 2024: high, low and the biggest days
Gold ended December 2024 down 0.97% at US$2,624.61. It traded between US$2,582.92 on 19 Dec 2024 and US$2,726.15 on 12 Dec 2024, and its biggest day was -2.31% on 18 Dec 2024. Its median daily range was about the same as gold's median for all of 2024.
Key numbers
| Trading days counted | 21 |
| First open (2 Dec 2024) | US$2,652.01 |
| Last close (31 Dec 2024) | US$2,624.61 |
| Close before the month (29 Nov 2024) | US$2,650.33 |
| Month change | -0.97% · -US$25.72 |
| Month high (12 Dec 2024) | US$2,726.15 |
| Month low (19 Dec 2024) | US$2,582.92 |
| High to low span (US$ · % of the close before the month) | US$143.23 · 5.4% |
| Median daily move (either way) | 0.594% |
| Median daily range | 1.208% · US$32.02 |
| Median daily range for all of 2024 | 1.242% |
| Days moving 1%+ / 2%+ | 6 / 1 |
| Up days / down days | 12 / 9 |
The biggest days
| Date | Move | US$ | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Best day | 10 Dec 2024 | +1.26% | US$33.62 |
| Worst day | 18 Dec 2024 | -2.31% | -US$61.09 |
| Widest high-low day | 18 Dec 2024 | 2.57% | US$68.08 |
December 2024 against every December, 2005–2024
Ranked against December in each of the 20 years from 2005 to 2024 (1 = highest): month change 14th, median daily range 10th, high-low span 13th. Across those years the strongest December was 2020 (+6.51%) and the weakest 2011 (-10.42%).
December inside 2024
The median daily range in December 2024 was 1.208%, which is about the same as the median for all of 2024 (1.242%; ratio 0.97). By median daily range it was the 8th widest of the 12 months of 2024. The full year is on the gold in 2024 page.
Weekend gaps in December 2024
4 weekend gaps started on a Friday in this month. The largest came after Friday 6 Dec 2024: +0.43% (US$11.21). None reached 0.5%.
Every trading day of December 2024
| Date | Close | Move | High-low |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2 Dec 2024 | US$2,638.62 | -0.44% | US$30.83 |
| 3 Dec 2024 | US$2,643.50 | +0.18% | US$21.45 |
| 4 Dec 2024 | US$2,649.88 | +0.24% | US$24.68 |
| 5 Dec 2024 | US$2,631.66 | -0.69% | US$32.02 |
| 6 Dec 2024 | US$2,632.67 | +0.04% | US$33.28 |
| 9 Dec 2024 | US$2,660.18 | +1.04% | US$48.75 |
| 10 Dec 2024 | US$2,693.80 | +1.26% | US$37.53 |
| 11 Dec 2024 | US$2,717.95 | +0.9% | US$46.22 |
| 12 Dec 2024 | US$2,680.55 | -1.38% | US$51.12 |
| 13 Dec 2024 | US$2,648.80 | -1.18% | US$47.09 |
| 16 Dec 2024 | US$2,652.62 | +0.14% | US$20.71 |
| 17 Dec 2024 | US$2,646.40 | -0.23% | US$25.54 |
| 18 Dec 2024 | US$2,585.31 | -2.31% | US$68.08 |
| 19 Dec 2024 | US$2,594.39 | +0.35% | US$43.50 |
| 20 Dec 2024 | US$2,623.03 | +1.1% | US$42.13 |
| 23 Dec 2024 | US$2,612.77 | -0.39% | US$25.09 |
| 24 Dec 2024 | US$2,616.59 | +0.15% | US$11.44 |
| 26 Dec 2024 | US$2,633.53 | +0.65% | US$25.02 |
| 27 Dec 2024 | US$2,621.54 | -0.46% | US$26.65 |
| 30 Dec 2024 | US$2,605.96 | -0.59% | US$32.04 |
| 31 Dec 2024 | US$2,624.61 | +0.72% | US$24.99 |
What this month means for an EA
The widest day, 18 Dec 2024, covered US$68.08 from high to low; the median day covered US$32.02. An EA that holds trades against the move carries that distance as open loss until price comes back. You can enter US$68.08 in the grid calculator to see the open loss for your own lot and spacing.
Questions
Did gold go up or down in December 2024?
Down: the last close was US$2,624.61 on 31 Dec 2024, -0.97% (-US$25.72) against US$2,650.33 on 29 Nov 2024.
What were gold's high and low in December 2024?
High US$2,726.15 on 12 Dec 2024, low US$2,582.92 on 19 Dec 2024, a span of US$143.23.
What was gold's biggest day in December 2024?
18 Dec 2024: -2.31% (-US$61.09) close to close.