Distance from the record
This close sat 34.08% below the highest gold close recorded up to that date, set on 2011-08-22.
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This page is a historical record of the gold price in 30 March 2017, not the current price.See today's gold price (11 September 2026)
Lowest closing price since 20 March 2017
Gold closed at $1,245.00 per troy ounce on 30 March 2017, down $8.400 (0.67%) from the previous close of $1,253.40.
This close extended a run of 3 consecutive sessions of losses. Runs are more informative than any one day inside them: they show direction holding rather than a single session's noise.
This close sat 34.08% 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 $1,226.90, making this a +1.48% move year on year.
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Gold closed at $1,245.00 per troy ounce on 30 March 2017. That is $8.40 lower than the previous close of $1,253.40, a move of -0.67%.
The gold price fell on 30 March 2017, losing $8.40 (0.67%) against the previous session's close of $1,253.40.
At $1,245.00 per troy ounce, one gram of pure gold was worth about $40.03 on 30 March 2017. A troy ounce is 31.1034768 grams.
Scrap value follows purity, so on 30 March 2017 18k gold was worth about $30.02 per gram and 14k about $23.35 per gram, against $40.03 for pure 24k. These are melt values before any dealer margin.
The gold-to-silver ratio closed at about 68.5 on 30 March 2017, meaning one ounce of gold was worth roughly 68.5 ounces of silver.
This close was session 3 of a consecutive run of losses. A run is counted by closes, so an intraday reversal that still closed in the same direction does not break it.
It closed 34.08% below the highest close on record up to that date, which was set on 2011-08-22.