Highest so far that week
This was the strongest close of the week up to that point.
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This page is a historical record of the gold price in 30 January 2019, not the current price.See today's gold price (11 September 2026)
Highest closing price since 1 January 2019
Gold closed at $1,309.90 per troy ounce on 30 January 2019, up $1.700 (0.13%) from the previous close of $1,308.20.
This close extended a run of 4 consecutive sessions of gains. Runs are more informative than any one day inside them: they show direction holding rather than a single session's noise.
This was the strongest close of the week up to that point.
This close sat 30.65% 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 $1,335.40, making this a -1.91% move year on year.
Figures in this section are shown in USD, independent of the currency selected above.
Gold closed at $1,309.90 per troy ounce on 30 January 2019. That is $1.70 higher than the previous close of $1,308.20, a move of 0.13%.
The gold price rose on 30 January 2019, gaining $1.70 (0.13%) against the previous session's close of $1,308.20.
At $1,309.90 per troy ounce, one gram of pure gold was worth about $42.11 on 30 January 2019. A troy ounce is 31.1034768 grams.
Scrap value follows purity, so on 30 January 2019 18k gold was worth about $31.59 per gram and 14k about $24.57 per gram, against $42.11 for pure 24k. These are melt values before any dealer margin.
The gold-to-silver ratio closed at about 82.5 on 30 January 2019, meaning one ounce of gold was worth roughly 82.5 ounces of silver.
A week before 30 January 2019, gold was around $1,283.10 per troy ounce, so the close of $1,309.90 is a gain of 2.1% over the week.
This close was session 4 of a consecutive run of gains. A run is counted by closes, so an intraday reversal that still closed in the same direction does not break it.
It closed 30.65% below the highest close on record up to that date, which was set on 2011-08-22.