Distance from the record
This close sat 8.31% below the highest gold close recorded up to that date, set on 2006-05-11.
This page is a historical record of the gold price in 27 July 2007, not the current price.See today's gold price (11 September 2026)
Lowest closing price since 6 July 2007
Gold closed at $660.00 per troy ounce on 27 July 2007, down $2.500 (0.38%) from the previous close of $662.50.
This close extended a run of 3 consecutive sessions of losses. Runs are more informative than any one day inside them: they show direction holding rather than a single session's noise.
This close sat 8.31% 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 $632.40, making this a +4.36% move year on year.
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Gold closed at $660.00 per troy ounce on 27 July 2007. That is $2.50 lower than the previous close of $662.50, a move of -0.38%.
The gold price fell on 27 July 2007, losing $2.50 (0.38%) against the previous session's close of $662.50.
At $660.00 per troy ounce, one gram of pure gold was worth about $21.22 on 27 July 2007. A troy ounce is 31.1034768 grams.
Scrap value follows purity, so on 27 July 2007 18k gold was worth about $15.91 per gram and 14k about $12.38 per gram, against $21.22 for pure 24k. These are melt values before any dealer margin.
The gold-to-silver ratio closed at about 52.2 on 27 July 2007, meaning one ounce of gold was worth roughly 52.2 ounces of silver.
A week before 27 July 2007, gold was around $683.90 per troy ounce, so the close of $660.00 is a loss of 3.5% over the week.
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 8.31% below the highest close on record up to that date, which was set on 2006-05-11.