Distance from the record
This close sat 3.35% below the highest gold close recorded up to that date, set on 2024-07-16.
This page is a historical record of the gold price in 26 July 2024, not the current price.See today's gold price (11 September 2026)
Gold closed at $2,380.00 per troy ounce on 26 July 2024, up $28.10 (1.19%) from the previous close of $2,351.90.
Gold moved the opposite way to the session before it. Single-day reversals are common and usually mean little on their own — what matters is whether the next few sessions follow.
This close sat 3.35% 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 $1,968.90, making this a +20.88% move year on year.
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Gold closed at $2,380.00 per troy ounce on 26 July 2024. That is $28.10 higher than the previous close of $2,351.90, a move of 1.19%.
The gold price rose on 26 July 2024, gaining $28.10 (1.19%) against the previous session's close of $2,351.90.
At $2,380.00 per troy ounce, one gram of pure gold was worth about $76.52 on 26 July 2024. A troy ounce is 31.1034768 grams.
Scrap value follows purity, so on 26 July 2024 18k gold was worth about $57.39 per gram and 14k about $44.64 per gram, against $76.52 for pure 24k. These are melt values before any dealer margin.
The gold-to-silver ratio closed at about 85.4 on 26 July 2024, meaning one ounce of gold was worth roughly 85.4 ounces of silver.
A year before 26 July 2024, gold was around $1,968.90 per troy ounce. The close of $2,380.00 therefore represents a rise of 20.9% over twelve months.
It closed 3.35% below the highest close on record up to that date, which was set on 2024-07-16.