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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 15 July 2002, not the current price.See today's gold price (11 September 2026)
Highest closing price since 26 June 2002
Gold closed at $319.60 per troy ounce on 15 July 2002, up $4.000 (1.27%) from the previous close of $315.60.
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.
No earlier session that month closed above this level.
This close sat 2.50% below the highest gold close recorded up to that date, set on 2002-06-04.
Metal value only, before dealer margins and fabrication.
Twelve months earlier gold traded around $267.10, making this a +19.66% move year on year.
Figures in this section are shown in USD, independent of the currency selected above.
Gold closed at $319.60 per troy ounce on 15 July 2002. That is $4.00 higher than the previous close of $315.60, a move of 1.27%.
The gold price rose on 15 July 2002, gaining $4.00 (1.27%) against the previous session's close of $315.60.
At $319.60 per troy ounce, one gram of pure gold was worth about $10.28 on 15 July 2002. A troy ounce is 31.1034768 grams.
Scrap value follows purity, so on 15 July 2002 18k gold was worth about $7.71 per gram and 14k about $5.99 per gram, against $10.28 for pure 24k. These are melt values before any dealer margin.
The gold-to-silver ratio closed at about 62.7 on 15 July 2002, meaning one ounce of gold was worth roughly 62.7 ounces of silver.
A week before 15 July 2002, gold was around $312.10 per troy ounce, so the close of $319.60 is a gain of 2.4% over the week.
A year before 15 July 2002, gold was around $267.10 per troy ounce. The close of $319.60 therefore represents a rise of 19.7% over twelve months.
It closed 2.50% below the highest close on record up to that date, which was set on 2002-06-04.