Highest so far that year
At the time, no session earlier in the year had closed higher.
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This page is a historical record of the gold price in 30 July 2019, not the current price.See today's gold price (11 September 2026)
Highest closing price since 13 May 2013
Gold closed at $1,429.70 per troy ounce on 30 July 2019, up $10.10 (0.71%) from the previous close of $1,419.60.
Notable session: highest close of the month.
Gold had not closed this high for about 6 years. Reclaiming a level after that long usually says more about the trend than the size of the day's move does.
At the time, no session earlier in the year had closed higher.
This close sat 24.30% 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 $1,221.30, making this a +17.06% move year on year.
Figures in this section are shown in USD, independent of the currency selected above.
Gold closed at $1,429.70 per troy ounce on 30 July 2019. That is $10.10 higher than the previous close of $1,419.60, a move of 0.71%.
The gold price rose on 30 July 2019, gaining $10.10 (0.71%) against the previous session's close of $1,419.60.
At $1,429.70 per troy ounce, one gram of pure gold was worth about $45.97 on 30 July 2019. A troy ounce is 31.1034768 grams.
Scrap value follows purity, so on 30 July 2019 18k gold was worth about $34.47 per gram and 14k about $26.81 per gram, against $45.97 for pure 24k. These are melt values before any dealer margin.
The gold-to-silver ratio closed at about 86.7 on 30 July 2019, meaning one ounce of gold was worth roughly 86.7 ounces of silver.
A year before 30 July 2019, gold was around $1,221.30 per troy ounce. The close of $1,429.70 therefore represents a rise of 17.1% over twelve months.
This close was session 3 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 24.30% below the highest close on record up to that date, which was set on 2011-08-22.
The most recent higher close was about 6 years earlier — 1560 trading sessions before this one.