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 2012, not the current price.See today's gold price (11 September 2026)
Highest closing price since 3 July 2012
Gold closed at $1,619.70 per troy ounce on 30 July 2012, up $1.800 (0.11%) from the previous close of $1,617.90.
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 14.24% 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 $1,628.30, making this a -0.53% move year on year.
Figures in this section are shown in USD, independent of the currency selected above.
Gold closed at $1,619.70 per troy ounce on 30 July 2012. That is $1.80 higher than the previous close of $1,617.90, a move of 0.11%.
The gold price rose on 30 July 2012, gaining $1.80 (0.11%) against the previous session's close of $1,617.90.
At $1,619.70 per troy ounce, one gram of pure gold was worth about $52.07 on 30 July 2012. A troy ounce is 31.1034768 grams.
Scrap value follows purity, so on 30 July 2012 18k gold was worth about $39.06 per gram and 14k about $30.38 per gram, against $52.07 for pure 24k. These are melt values before any dealer margin.
The gold-to-silver ratio closed at about 57.8 on 30 July 2012, meaning one ounce of gold was worth roughly 57.8 ounces of silver.
A week before 30 July 2012, gold was around $1,577.10 per troy ounce, so the close of $1,619.70 is a gain of 2.7% 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 14.24% below the highest close on record up to that date, which was set on 2011-08-22.