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This page is a historical record of the gold price in 29 January 2008, not the current price.See today's gold price (11 September 2026)
Gold closed at $925.10 per troy ounce on 29 January 2008, down $2.000 (0.22%) from the previous close of $927.10.
Metal value only, before dealer margins and fabrication.
Twelve months earlier gold traded around $643.10, making this a +43.85% move year on year.
Figures in this section are shown in USD, independent of the currency selected above.
Gold closed at $925.10 per troy ounce on 29 January 2008. That is $2.00 lower than the previous close of $927.10, a move of -0.22%.
The gold price fell on 29 January 2008, losing $2.00 (0.22%) against the previous session's close of $927.10.
At $925.10 per troy ounce, one gram of pure gold was worth about $29.74 on 29 January 2008. A troy ounce is 31.1034768 grams.
Scrap value follows purity, so on 29 January 2008 18k gold was worth about $22.31 per gram and 14k about $17.35 per gram, against $29.74 for pure 24k. These are melt values before any dealer margin.
The gold-to-silver ratio closed at about 55.2 on 29 January 2008, meaning one ounce of gold was worth roughly 55.2 ounces of silver.
A week before 29 January 2008, gold was around $889.60 per troy ounce, so the close of $925.10 is a gain of 4.0% over the week.
A month before 29 January 2008, gold was around $839.60 per troy ounce, so the close of $925.10 is a gain of 10.2% over the month.
A year before 29 January 2008, gold was around $643.10 per troy ounce. The close of $925.10 therefore represents a rise of 43.9% over twelve months.
It closed 0.22% below the highest close on record up to that date, which was set on 2008-01-28.