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 July 2001, not the current price.See today's gold price (11 September 2026)
Lowest closing price since 30 April 2001
Gold closed at $264.60 per troy ounce on 30 July 2001, down $2.800 (1.05%) from the previous close of $267.40.
Notable session: lowest close of the month.
Gold moved the opposite way to the session before it. Single-day reversals are common and usually mean little on their own — what matters is whether the next few sessions follow.
This was the strongest close of the week up to that point.
This close sat 7.93% below the highest gold close recorded up to that date, set on 2001-05-18.
Metal value only, before dealer margins and fabrication.
Figures in this section are shown in USD, independent of the currency selected above.
Gold closed at $264.60 per troy ounce on 30 July 2001. That is $2.80 lower than the previous close of $267.40, a move of -1.05%.
The gold price fell on 30 July 2001, losing $2.80 (1.05%) against the previous session's close of $267.40.
At $264.60 per troy ounce, one gram of pure gold was worth about $8.51 on 30 July 2001. A troy ounce is 31.1034768 grams.
Scrap value follows purity, so on 30 July 2001 18k gold was worth about $6.38 per gram and 14k about $4.96 per gram, against $8.51 for pure 24k. These are melt values before any dealer margin.
The gold-to-silver ratio closed at about 63.2 on 30 July 2001, meaning one ounce of gold was worth roughly 63.2 ounces of silver.
It closed 7.93% below the highest close on record up to that date, which was set on 2001-05-18.