Highest so far that month
No earlier session that month closed above this level.
This page is a historical record of the gold price in 3 July 2017, not the current price.See today's gold price (11 September 2026)
Lowest closing price since 10 May 2017
Gold closed at $1,217.90 per troy ounce on 3 July 2017, down $22.80 (1.84%) from the previous close of $1,240.70.
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.
No earlier session that month closed above this level.
This close sat 35.52% below the highest gold close recorded up to that date, set on 2011-08-22.
Metal value only, before dealer margins and fabrication.
Twelve months earlier gold traded around $1,349.00, making this a -9.72% move year on year.
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Gold closed at $1,217.90 per troy ounce on 3 July 2017. That is $22.80 lower than the previous close of $1,240.70, a move of -1.84%.
The gold price fell on 3 July 2017, losing $22.80 (1.84%) against the previous session's close of $1,240.70.
At $1,217.90 per troy ounce, one gram of pure gold was worth about $39.16 on 3 July 2017. A troy ounce is 31.1034768 grams.
Scrap value follows purity, so on 3 July 2017 18k gold was worth about $29.37 per gram and 14k about $22.84 per gram, against $39.16 for pure 24k. These are melt values before any dealer margin.
The gold-to-silver ratio closed at about 75.9 on 3 July 2017, meaning one ounce of gold was worth roughly 75.9 ounces of silver.
A week before 3 July 2017, gold was around $1,246.30 per troy ounce, so the close of $1,217.90 is a loss of 2.3% 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 35.52% below the highest close on record up to that date, which was set on 2011-08-22.