Distance from the record
This close sat 12.28% below the highest gold close recorded up to that date, set on 2020-08-06.
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This page is a historical record of the gold price in 8 July 2021, not the current price.See today's gold price (11 September 2026)
Gold closed at $1,799.60 per troy ounce on 8 July 2021, down $1.900 (0.11%) from the previous close of $1,801.50.
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 12.28% below the highest gold close recorded up to that date, set on 2020-08-06.
Metal value only, before dealer margins and fabrication.
Twelve months earlier gold traded around $1,815.50, making this a -0.88% move year on year.
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Gold closed at $1,799.60 per troy ounce on 8 July 2021. That is $1.90 lower than the previous close of $1,801.50, a move of -0.11%.
The gold price fell on 8 July 2021, losing $1.90 (0.11%) against the previous session's close of $1,801.50.
At $1,799.60 per troy ounce, one gram of pure gold was worth about $57.86 on 8 July 2021. A troy ounce is 31.1034768 grams.
Scrap value follows purity, so on 8 July 2021 18k gold was worth about $43.39 per gram and 14k about $33.75 per gram, against $57.86 for pure 24k. These are melt values before any dealer margin.
The gold-to-silver ratio closed at about 69.3 on 8 July 2021, meaning one ounce of gold was worth roughly 69.3 ounces of silver.
It closed 12.28% below the highest close on record up to that date, which was set on 2020-08-06.