Distance from the record
This close sat 7.61% 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 30 August 2007, not the current price.See today's gold price (11 September 2026)
Gold closed at $665.00 per troy ounce on 30 August 2007, down $1.300 (0.20%) from the previous close of $666.30.
This close sat 7.61% 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 $617.70, making this a +7.66% move year on year.
Figures in this section are shown in USD, independent of the currency selected above.
Gold closed at $665.00 per troy ounce on 30 August 2007. That is $1.30 lower than the previous close of $666.30, a move of -0.20%.
The gold price fell on 30 August 2007, losing $1.30 (0.20%) against the previous session's close of $666.30.
At $665.00 per troy ounce, one gram of pure gold was worth about $21.38 on 30 August 2007. A troy ounce is 31.1034768 grams.
Scrap value follows purity, so on 30 August 2007 18k gold was worth about $16.04 per gram and 14k about $12.47 per gram, against $21.38 for pure 24k. These are melt values before any dealer margin.
The gold-to-silver ratio closed at about 56.4 on 30 August 2007, meaning one ounce of gold was worth roughly 56.4 ounces of silver.
It closed 7.61% below the highest close on record up to that date, which was set on 2006-05-11.