Distance from the record
This close sat 4.33% below the highest gold close recorded up to that date, set on 2007-11-08.
This page is a historical record of the gold price in 13 December 2007, not the current price.See today's gold price (11 September 2026)
Gold closed at $799.00 per troy ounce on 13 December 2007, down $14.50 (1.78%) from the previous close of $813.50.
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 4.33% below the highest gold close recorded up to that date, set on 2007-11-08.
Metal value only, before dealer margins and fabrication.
Twelve months earlier gold traded around $627.90, making this a +27.25% move year on year.
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Gold closed at $799.00 per troy ounce on 13 December 2007. That is $14.50 lower than the previous close of $813.50, a move of -1.78%.
The gold price fell on 13 December 2007, losing $14.50 (1.78%) against the previous session's close of $813.50.
At $799.00 per troy ounce, one gram of pure gold was worth about $25.69 on 13 December 2007. A troy ounce is 31.1034768 grams.
Scrap value follows purity, so on 13 December 2007 18k gold was worth about $19.27 per gram and 14k about $14.98 per gram, against $25.69 for pure 24k. These are melt values before any dealer margin.
The gold-to-silver ratio closed at about 56.8 on 13 December 2007, meaning one ounce of gold was worth roughly 56.8 ounces of silver.
A year before 13 December 2007, gold was around $627.90 per troy ounce. The close of $799.00 therefore represents a rise of 27.2% over twelve months.
It closed 4.33% below the highest close on record up to that date, which was set on 2007-11-08.