Highest so far that month
No earlier session that month closed above this level.
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This page is a historical record of the gold price in 5 July 2011, not the current price.See today's gold price (11 September 2026)
Highest closing price since 23 June 2011
Gold closed at $1,512.30 per troy ounce on 5 July 2011, up $10.00 (0.67%) from the previous close of $1,502.30.
Notable session: lowest close of the month.
No earlier session that month closed above this level.
This close sat 2.85% below the highest gold close recorded up to that date, set on 2011-05-02.
Metal value only, before dealer margins and fabrication.
Twelve months earlier gold traded around $1,207.40, making this a +25.25% move year on year.
Figures in this section are shown in USD, independent of the currency selected above.
Gold closed at $1,512.30 per troy ounce on 5 July 2011. That is $10.00 higher than the previous close of $1,502.30, a move of 0.67%.
The gold price rose on 5 July 2011, gaining $10.00 (0.67%) against the previous session's close of $1,502.30.
At $1,512.30 per troy ounce, one gram of pure gold was worth about $48.62 on 5 July 2011. A troy ounce is 31.1034768 grams.
Scrap value follows purity, so on 5 July 2011 18k gold was worth about $36.47 per gram and 14k about $28.36 per gram, against $48.62 for pure 24k. These are melt values before any dealer margin.
The gold-to-silver ratio closed at about 42.7 on 5 July 2011, meaning one ounce of gold was worth roughly 42.7 ounces of silver.
A year before 5 July 2011, gold was around $1,207.40 per troy ounce. The close of $1,512.30 therefore represents a rise of 25.3% over twelve months.
It closed 2.85% below the highest close on record up to that date, which was set on 2011-05-02.