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This page is a historical record of the gold price in 30 January 2008, not the current price.See today's gold price (11 September 2026)
Gold closed at $920.60 per troy ounce on 30 January 2008, down $4.500 (0.49%) from the previous close of $925.10.
Metal value only, before dealer margins and fabrication.
Twelve months earlier gold traded around $644.20, making this a +42.91% move year on year.
Figures in this section are shown in USD, independent of the currency selected above.
Gold closed at $920.60 per troy ounce on 30 January 2008. That is $4.50 lower than the previous close of $925.10, a move of -0.49%.
The gold price fell on 30 January 2008, losing $4.50 (0.49%) against the previous session's close of $925.10.
At $920.60 per troy ounce, one gram of pure gold was worth about $29.60 on 30 January 2008. A troy ounce is 31.1034768 grams.
Scrap value follows purity, so on 30 January 2008 18k gold was worth about $22.20 per gram and 14k about $17.27 per gram, against $29.60 for pure 24k. These are melt values before any dealer margin.
The gold-to-silver ratio closed at about 55.1 on 30 January 2008, meaning one ounce of gold was worth roughly 55.1 ounces of silver.
A week before 30 January 2008, gold was around $882.50 per troy ounce, so the close of $920.60 is a gain of 4.3% over the week.
A month before 30 January 2008, gold was around $839.60 per troy ounce, so the close of $920.60 is a gain of 9.6% over the month.
A year before 30 January 2008, gold was around $644.20 per troy ounce. The close of $920.60 therefore represents a rise of 42.9% over twelve months.
It closed 0.70% below the highest close on record up to that date, which was set on 2008-01-28.