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No earlier session that month closed above this level.
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This page is a historical record of the gold price in 19 June 2008, not the current price.See today's gold price (11 September 2026)
Highest closing price since 27 May 2008
Gold closed at $901.70 per troy ounce on 19 June 2008, up $10.80 (1.21%) from the previous close of $890.90.
This close extended a run of 5 consecutive sessions of gains. Runs are more informative than any one day inside them: they show direction holding rather than a single session's noise.
No earlier session that month closed above this level.
This close sat 10.12% below the highest gold close recorded up to that date, set on 2008-03-18.
Metal value only, before dealer margins and fabrication.
Twelve months earlier gold traded around $660.70, making this a +36.48% move year on year.
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Gold closed at $901.70 per troy ounce on 19 June 2008. That is $10.80 higher than the previous close of $890.90, a move of 1.21%.
The gold price rose on 19 June 2008, gaining $10.80 (1.21%) against the previous session's close of $890.90.
At $901.70 per troy ounce, one gram of pure gold was worth about $28.99 on 19 June 2008. A troy ounce is 31.1034768 grams.
Scrap value follows purity, so on 19 June 2008 18k gold was worth about $21.74 per gram and 14k about $16.91 per gram, against $28.99 for pure 24k. These are melt values before any dealer margin.
The gold-to-silver ratio closed at about 51.7 on 19 June 2008, meaning one ounce of gold was worth roughly 51.7 ounces of silver.
A week before 19 June 2008, gold was around $869.20 per troy ounce, so the close of $901.70 is a gain of 3.7% over the week.
A year before 19 June 2008, gold was around $660.70 per troy ounce. The close of $901.70 therefore represents a rise of 36.5% over twelve months.
This close was session 5 of a consecutive run of gains. A run is counted by closes, so an intraday reversal that still closed in the same direction does not break it.
It closed 10.12% below the highest close on record up to that date, which was set on 2008-03-18.