Distance from the record
This close sat 4.08% 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 19 December 2007, not the current price.See today's gold price (11 September 2026)
Gold closed at $801.10 per troy ounce on 19 December 2007, down $1.900 (0.24%) from the previous close of $803.00.
This close sat 4.08% 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 $621.60, making this a +28.88% move year on year.
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Gold closed at $801.10 per troy ounce on 19 December 2007. That is $1.90 lower than the previous close of $803.00, a move of -0.24%.
The gold price fell on 19 December 2007, losing $1.90 (0.24%) against the previous session's close of $803.00.
At $801.10 per troy ounce, one gram of pure gold was worth about $25.76 on 19 December 2007. A troy ounce is 31.1034768 grams.
Scrap value follows purity, so on 19 December 2007 18k gold was worth about $19.32 per gram and 14k about $15.02 per gram, against $25.76 for pure 24k. These are melt values before any dealer margin.
The gold-to-silver ratio closed at about 56.9 on 19 December 2007, meaning one ounce of gold was worth roughly 56.9 ounces of silver.
A year before 19 December 2007, gold was around $621.60 per troy ounce. The close of $801.10 therefore represents a rise of 28.9% over twelve months.
It closed 4.08% below the highest close on record up to that date, which was set on 2007-11-08.