Distance from the record
This close sat 2.72% below the highest gold close recorded up to that date, set on 2024-07-16.
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This page is a historical record of the gold price in 19 July 2024, not the current price.See today's gold price (11 September 2026)
Gold closed at $2,395.50 per troy ounce on 19 July 2024, down $56.30 (2.30%) from the previous close of $2,451.80.
Gold lost 2.30% in one session, far more than a normal day's range. Falls this size rarely happen in isolation — the days on either side give the move its context.
This close sat 2.72% below the highest gold close recorded up to that date, set on 2024-07-16.
Metal value only, before dealer margins and fabrication.
Twelve months earlier gold traded around $1,977.50, making this a +21.14% move year on year.
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Gold closed at $2,395.50 per troy ounce on 19 July 2024. That is $56.30 lower than the previous close of $2,451.80, a move of -2.30%.
The gold price fell on 19 July 2024, losing $56.30 (2.30%) against the previous session's close of $2,451.80.
At $2,395.50 per troy ounce, one gram of pure gold was worth about $77.02 on 19 July 2024. A troy ounce is 31.1034768 grams.
Scrap value follows purity, so on 19 July 2024 18k gold was worth about $57.76 per gram and 14k about $44.93 per gram, against $77.02 for pure 24k. These are melt values before any dealer margin.
The gold-to-silver ratio closed at about 82.4 on 19 July 2024, meaning one ounce of gold was worth roughly 82.4 ounces of silver.
A year before 19 July 2024, gold was around $1,977.50 per troy ounce. The close of $2,395.50 therefore represents a rise of 21.1% over twelve months.
This close was session 3 of a consecutive run of losses. A run is counted by closes, so an intraday reversal that still closed in the same direction does not break it.
It closed 2.72% below the highest close on record up to that date, which was set on 2024-07-16.