Highest so far that week
This was the strongest close of the week up to that point.
This page is a historical record of the gold price in 19 January 2007, not the current price.See today's gold price (11 September 2026)
Highest closing price since 1 January 2007
Gold closed at $635.50 per troy ounce on 19 January 2007, up $8.400 (1.34%) from the previous close of $627.10.
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.
This was the strongest close of the week up to that point.
This close sat 11.71% 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 $558.40, making this a +13.81% move year on year.
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Gold closed at $635.50 per troy ounce on 19 January 2007. That is $8.40 higher than the previous close of $627.10, a move of 1.34%.
The gold price rose on 19 January 2007, gaining $8.40 (1.34%) against the previous session's close of $627.10.
At $635.50 per troy ounce, one gram of pure gold was worth about $20.43 on 19 January 2007. A troy ounce is 31.1034768 grams.
Scrap value follows purity, so on 19 January 2007 18k gold was worth about $15.32 per gram and 14k about $11.92 per gram, against $20.43 for pure 24k. These are melt values before any dealer margin.
The gold-to-silver ratio closed at about 49.5 on 19 January 2007, meaning one ounce of gold was worth roughly 49.5 ounces of silver.
A year before 19 January 2007, gold was around $558.40 per troy ounce. The close of $635.50 therefore represents a rise of 13.8% over twelve months.
It closed 11.71% below the highest close on record up to that date, which was set on 2006-05-11.