Distance from the record
This close sat 3.74% below the highest gold close recorded up to that date, set on 2024-05-20.
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This page is a historical record of the gold price in 30 May 2024, not the current price.See today's gold price (11 September 2026)
Gold closed at $2,342.90 per troy ounce on 30 May 2024, up $2.600 (0.11%) from the previous close of $2,340.30.
Gold barely moved, closing within 0.11% of the previous session. Flat days are the majority of any price series and are most useful as the baseline the notable days are measured against.
This close sat 3.74% below the highest gold close recorded up to that date, set on 2024-05-20.
Metal value only, before dealer margins and fabrication.
Twelve months earlier gold traded around $1,958.00, making this a +19.66% move year on year.
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Gold closed at $2,342.90 per troy ounce on 30 May 2024. That is $2.60 higher than the previous close of $2,340.30, a move of 0.11%.
The gold price rose on 30 May 2024, gaining $2.60 (0.11%) against the previous session's close of $2,340.30.
At $2,342.90 per troy ounce, one gram of pure gold was worth about $75.33 on 30 May 2024. A troy ounce is 31.1034768 grams.
Scrap value follows purity, so on 30 May 2024 18k gold was worth about $56.49 per gram and 14k about $43.94 per gram, against $75.33 for pure 24k. These are melt values before any dealer margin.
The gold-to-silver ratio closed at about 74.6 on 30 May 2024, meaning one ounce of gold was worth roughly 74.6 ounces of silver.
A year before 30 May 2024, gold was around $1,958.00 per troy ounce. The close of $2,342.90 therefore represents a rise of 19.7% over twelve months.
It closed 3.74% below the highest close on record up to that date, which was set on 2024-05-20.