Distance from the record
This close sat 3.83% below the highest gold close recorded up to that date, set on 2003-02-04.
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This page is a historical record of the gold price in 30 May 2003, not the current price.See today's gold price (11 September 2026)
Lowest closing price since 19 May 2003
Gold closed at $364.50 per troy ounce on 30 May 2003, down $5.100 (1.38%) from the previous close of $369.60.
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 close sat 3.83% below the highest gold close recorded up to that date, set on 2003-02-04.
Metal value only, before dealer margins and fabrication.
Twelve months earlier gold traded around $325.50, making this a +11.98% move year on year.
Figures in this section are shown in USD, independent of the currency selected above.
Gold closed at $364.50 per troy ounce on 30 May 2003. That is $5.10 lower than the previous close of $369.60, a move of -1.38%.
The gold price fell on 30 May 2003, losing $5.10 (1.38%) against the previous session's close of $369.60.
At $364.50 per troy ounce, one gram of pure gold was worth about $11.72 on 30 May 2003. A troy ounce is 31.1034768 grams.
Scrap value follows purity, so on 30 May 2003 18k gold was worth about $8.79 per gram and 14k about $6.84 per gram, against $11.72 for pure 24k. These are melt values before any dealer margin.
The gold-to-silver ratio closed at about 80.5 on 30 May 2003, meaning one ounce of gold was worth roughly 80.5 ounces of silver.
A month before 30 May 2003, gold was around $339.10 per troy ounce, so the close of $364.50 is a gain of 7.5% over the month.
It closed 3.83% below the highest close on record up to that date, which was set on 2003-02-04.