Distance from the record
This close sat 3.17% below the highest gold close recorded up to that date, set on 2002-06-04.
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This page is a historical record of the gold price in 17 July 2002, not the current price.See today's gold price (11 September 2026)
Gold closed at $317.40 per troy ounce on 17 July 2002, up $0.200 (0.06%) from the previous close of $317.20.
Gold barely moved, closing within 0.06% of the previous session. Flat days are the majority of any price series and are most useful as the baseline the notable days are measured against.
This close sat 3.17% 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 $268.10, making this a +18.39% move year on year.
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Gold closed at $317.40 per troy ounce on 17 July 2002. That is $0.20 higher than the previous close of $317.20, a move of 0.06%.
The gold price rose on 17 July 2002, gaining $0.20 (0.06%) against the previous session's close of $317.20.
At $317.40 per troy ounce, one gram of pure gold was worth about $10.20 on 17 July 2002. A troy ounce is 31.1034768 grams.
Scrap value follows purity, so on 17 July 2002 18k gold was worth about $7.65 per gram and 14k about $5.95 per gram, against $10.20 for pure 24k. These are melt values before any dealer margin.
The gold-to-silver ratio closed at about 63.6 on 17 July 2002, meaning one ounce of gold was worth roughly 63.6 ounces of silver.
A year before 17 July 2002, gold was around $268.10 per troy ounce. The close of $317.40 therefore represents a rise of 18.4% over twelve months.
It closed 3.17% below the highest close on record up to that date, which was set on 2002-06-04.