Distance from the record
This close sat 8.77% below the highest gold close recorded up to that date, set on 2006-05-11.
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This page is a historical record of the gold price in 21 August 2007, not the current price.See today's gold price (11 September 2026)
Gold closed at $656.70 per troy ounce on 21 August 2007, unchanged from the previous close of $656.70.
Gold barely moved, closing within 0.00% 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 8.77% 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 $625.70, making this a +4.95% move year on year.
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Gold closed at $656.70 per troy ounce on 21 August 2007. That is $0.00 higher than the previous close of $656.70, a move of 0.00%.
The gold price was unchanged on 21 August 2007, gaining $0.00 (0.00%) against the previous session's close of $656.70.
At $656.70 per troy ounce, one gram of pure gold was worth about $21.11 on 21 August 2007. A troy ounce is 31.1034768 grams.
Scrap value follows purity, so on 21 August 2007 18k gold was worth about $15.84 per gram and 14k about $12.32 per gram, against $21.11 for pure 24k. These are melt values before any dealer margin.
The gold-to-silver ratio closed at about 57.2 on 21 August 2007, meaning one ounce of gold was worth roughly 57.2 ounces of silver.
It closed 8.77% below the highest close on record up to that date, which was set on 2006-05-11.