Distance from the record
This close sat 26.05% below the highest gold close recorded up to that date, set on 2011-08-22.
This page is a historical record of the gold price in 5 July 2019, not the current price.See today's gold price (11 September 2026)
Lowest closing price since 21 June 2019
Gold closed at $1,396.70 per troy ounce on 5 July 2019, down $21.00 (1.48%) from the previous close of $1,417.70.
Notable session: lowest close of the month.
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 26.05% 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 $1,257.30, making this a +11.09% move year on year.
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Gold closed at $1,396.70 per troy ounce on 5 July 2019. That is $21.00 lower than the previous close of $1,417.70, a move of -1.48%.
The gold price fell on 5 July 2019, losing $21.00 (1.48%) against the previous session's close of $1,417.70.
At $1,396.70 per troy ounce, one gram of pure gold was worth about $44.90 on 5 July 2019. A troy ounce is 31.1034768 grams.
Scrap value follows purity, so on 5 July 2019 18k gold was worth about $33.68 per gram and 14k about $26.19 per gram, against $44.90 for pure 24k. These are melt values before any dealer margin.
The gold-to-silver ratio closed at about 93.6 on 5 July 2019, meaning one ounce of gold was worth roughly 93.6 ounces of silver.
A month before 5 July 2019, gold was around $1,328.30 per troy ounce, so the close of $1,396.70 is a gain of 5.1% over the month.
It closed 26.05% below the highest close on record up to that date, which was set on 2011-08-22.