Highest so far that week
This was the strongest close of the week up to that point.
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This page is a historical record of the gold price in 17 December 2007, not the current price.See today's gold price (11 September 2026)
Gold closed at $794.80 per troy ounce on 17 December 2007, up $1.500 (0.19%) from the previous close of $793.30.
This was the strongest close of the week up to that point.
This close sat 4.84% 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 $615.00, making this a +29.24% move year on year.
Figures in this section are shown in USD, independent of the currency selected above.
Gold closed at $794.80 per troy ounce on 17 December 2007. That is $1.50 higher than the previous close of $793.30, a move of 0.19%.
The gold price rose on 17 December 2007, gaining $1.50 (0.19%) against the previous session's close of $793.30.
At $794.80 per troy ounce, one gram of pure gold was worth about $25.55 on 17 December 2007. A troy ounce is 31.1034768 grams.
Scrap value follows purity, so on 17 December 2007 18k gold was worth about $19.17 per gram and 14k about $14.91 per gram, against $25.55 for pure 24k. These are melt values before any dealer margin.
The gold-to-silver ratio closed at about 57.5 on 17 December 2007, meaning one ounce of gold was worth roughly 57.5 ounces of silver.
A year before 17 December 2007, gold was around $615.00 per troy ounce. The close of $794.80 therefore represents a rise of 29.2% over twelve months.
It closed 4.84% below the highest close on record up to that date, which was set on 2007-11-08.