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No earlier session that month closed above this level.
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This page is a historical record of the gold price in 13 July 2006, not the current price.See today's gold price (11 September 2026)
Highest closing price since 30 May 2006
Gold closed at $652.90 per troy ounce on 13 July 2006, up $3.500 (0.54%) from the previous close of $649.40.
This close extended a run of 3 consecutive sessions of gains. Runs are more informative than any one day inside them: they show direction holding rather than a single session's noise.
No earlier session that month closed above this level.
This close sat 9.29% below the highest gold close recorded up to that date, set on 2006-05-11.
Metal value only, before dealer margins and fabrication.
Twelve months earlier gold traded around $423.90, making this a +54.02% move year on year.
Figures in this section are shown in USD, independent of the currency selected above.
Gold closed at $652.90 per troy ounce on 13 July 2006. That is $3.50 higher than the previous close of $649.40, a move of 0.54%.
The gold price rose on 13 July 2006, gaining $3.50 (0.54%) against the previous session's close of $649.40.
At $652.90 per troy ounce, one gram of pure gold was worth about $20.99 on 13 July 2006. A troy ounce is 31.1034768 grams.
Scrap value follows purity, so on 13 July 2006 18k gold was worth about $15.74 per gram and 14k about $12.24 per gram, against $20.99 for pure 24k. These are melt values before any dealer margin.
The gold-to-silver ratio closed at about 57.2 on 13 July 2006, meaning one ounce of gold was worth roughly 57.2 ounces of silver.
A week before 13 July 2006, gold was around $634.10 per troy ounce, so the close of $652.90 is a gain of 3.0% over the week.
A month before 13 July 2006, gold was around $562.50 per troy ounce, so the close of $652.90 is a gain of 16.1% over the month.
A year before 13 July 2006, gold was around $423.90 per troy ounce. The close of $652.90 therefore represents a rise of 54.0% over twelve months.
This close was session 3 of a consecutive run of gains. A run is counted by closes, so an intraday reversal that still closed in the same direction does not break it.
It closed 9.29% below the highest close on record up to that date, which was set on 2006-05-11.