Distance from the record
This close sat 24.55% below the highest gold close recorded up to that date, set on 2011-08-22.
This page is a historical record of the gold price in 19 July 2019, not the current price.See today's gold price (11 September 2026)
Gold closed at $1,425.10 per troy ounce on 19 July 2019, down $1.000 (0.07%) from the previous close of $1,426.10.
Gold barely moved, closing within 0.07% 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 24.55% below the highest gold close recorded up to that date, set on 2011-08-22.
Metal value only, before dealer margins and fabrication.
Twelve months earlier gold traded around $1,222.40, making this a +16.58% move year on year.
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Gold closed at $1,425.10 per troy ounce on 19 July 2019. That is $1.00 lower than the previous close of $1,426.10, a move of -0.07%.
The gold price fell on 19 July 2019, losing $1.00 (0.07%) against the previous session's close of $1,426.10.
At $1,425.10 per troy ounce, one gram of pure gold was worth about $45.82 on 19 July 2019. A troy ounce is 31.1034768 grams.
Scrap value follows purity, so on 19 July 2019 18k gold was worth about $34.36 per gram and 14k about $26.73 per gram, against $45.82 for pure 24k. These are melt values before any dealer margin.
The gold-to-silver ratio closed at about 88.4 on 19 July 2019, meaning one ounce of gold was worth roughly 88.4 ounces of silver.
A month before 19 July 2019, gold was around $1,344.60 per troy ounce, so the close of $1,425.10 is a gain of 6.0% over the month.
A year before 19 July 2019, gold was around $1,222.40 per troy ounce. The close of $1,425.10 therefore represents a rise of 16.6% over twelve months.
It closed 24.55% below the highest close on record up to that date, which was set on 2011-08-22.