Distance from the record
This close sat 13.32% below the highest gold close recorded up to that date, set on 2006-05-11.
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This page is a historical record of the gold price in 4 January 2007, not the current price.See today's gold price (11 September 2026)
Gold closed at $623.90 per troy ounce on 4 January 2007, down $3.200 (0.51%) from the previous close of $627.10.
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 13.32% below the highest gold close recorded up to that date, set on 2006-05-11.
One of the ten lowest gold closes of that year, ranking 247 of 252 sessions.
Metal value only, before dealer margins and fabrication.
Twelve months earlier gold traded around $533.90, making this a +16.86% move year on year.
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Gold closed at $623.90 per troy ounce on 4 January 2007. That is $3.20 lower than the previous close of $627.10, a move of -0.51%.
The gold price fell on 4 January 2007, losing $3.20 (0.51%) against the previous session's close of $627.10.
At $623.90 per troy ounce, one gram of pure gold was worth about $20.06 on 4 January 2007. A troy ounce is 31.1034768 grams.
Scrap value follows purity, so on 4 January 2007 18k gold was worth about $15.04 per gram and 14k about $11.70 per gram, against $20.06 for pure 24k. These are melt values before any dealer margin.
The gold-to-silver ratio closed at about 49.0 on 4 January 2007, meaning one ounce of gold was worth roughly 49.0 ounces of silver.
A year before 4 January 2007, gold was around $533.90 per troy ounce. The close of $623.90 therefore represents a rise of 16.9% over twelve months.
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 13.32% below the highest close on record up to that date, which was set on 2006-05-11.