This page is a historical record of the gold price in 22 July 2011, not the current price.See today's gold price (11 September 2026)
Gold closed at $1,601.30 per troy ounce on 22 July 2011, up $14.50 (0.91%) from the previous close of $1,586.80.
Metal value only, before dealer margins and fabrication.
Twelve months earlier gold traded around $1,195.50, making this a +33.94% move year on year.
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Gold closed at $1,601.30 per troy ounce on 22 July 2011. That is $14.50 higher than the previous close of $1,586.80, a move of 0.91%.
The gold price rose on 22 July 2011, gaining $14.50 (0.91%) against the previous session's close of $1,586.80.
At $1,601.30 per troy ounce, one gram of pure gold was worth about $51.48 on 22 July 2011. A troy ounce is 31.1034768 grams.
Scrap value follows purity, so on 22 July 2011 18k gold was worth about $38.61 per gram and 14k about $30.03 per gram, against $51.48 for pure 24k. These are melt values before any dealer margin.
The gold-to-silver ratio closed at about 39.9 on 22 July 2011, meaning one ounce of gold was worth roughly 39.9 ounces of silver.
A year before 22 July 2011, gold was around $1,195.50 per troy ounce. The close of $1,601.30 therefore represents a rise of 33.9% over twelve months.
It closed 0.05% below the highest close on record up to that date, which was set on 2011-07-18.