Gold price in September 2007: daily prices, high, low and change
Gold closed September 2007 at $742.80 an ounce, up 10.37% on the month. The highest close was $742.80 on 28 Sep and the lowest $681.70 on 5 Sep. Every trading day below, with ranks and context computed from COMEX data.
Gold price chart, September 2007 (daily close and high-low range, US$ per ounce)
Gold line = daily settlement; bars = intraday high to low where available; dashed line = August 2007 close ($673.00).
Daily gold prices in September 2007 (19 trading days)
| Date | Open | High | Low | Close | Change | % change |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Tue 4 Sep | — | — | — | $682.50 | +$9.50 | +1.41% |
| Wed 5 Sep | — | — | — | $681.70 | −$0.80 | −0.12% |
| Thu 6 Sep best day | — | — | — | $695.60 | +$13.90 | +2.04% |
| Fri 7 Sep | — | — | — | $700.80 | +$5.20 | +0.75% |
| Mon 10 Sep | $704.50 | $705.00 | $702.00 | $703.30 | +$2.50 | +0.36% |
| Tue 11 Sep | — | — | — | $712.20 | +$8.90 | +1.27% |
| Wed 12 Sep | — | — | — | $711.90 | −$0.30 | −0.04% |
| Thu 13 Sep | — | — | — | $709.50 | −$2.40 | −0.34% |
| Fri 14 Sep | — | — | — | $709.60 | +$0.10 | +0.01% |
| Mon 17 Sep | — | — | — | $715.80 | +$6.20 | +0.87% |
| Tue 18 Sep | — | — | — | $715.80 | $0.00 | 0.00% |
| Wed 19 Sep | — | — | — | $722.00 | +$6.20 | +0.87% |
| Thu 20 Sep | — | — | — | $732.40 | +$10.40 | +1.44% |
| Fri 21 Sep | — | — | — | $731.40 | −$1.00 | −0.14% |
| Mon 24 Sep | — | — | — | $732.10 | +$0.70 | +0.10% |
| Tue 25 Sep | — | — | — | $731.60 | −$0.50 | −0.07% |
| Wed 26 Sep worst day | — | — | — | $728.30 | −$3.30 | −0.45% |
| Thu 27 Sep | $728.20 | $735.50 | $727.40 | $732.70 | +$4.40 | +0.60% |
| Fri 28 Sep | $733.70 | $745.70 | $733.70 | $742.80 | +$10.10 | +1.38% |
Close = COMEX gold futures settlement in US dollars per troy ounce; change is against the previous trading day's close. Open, high and low are shown as — on 16 days where the source has no usable intraday data (common before 2012, when the front-month contract traded thinly in the data feed).
Monthly open, high, low and close
| September 2007 | Open | High | Low | Close | Change |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Settlements | $682.50 | $742.80 | $681.70 | $742.80 | +10.37% |
Settlements: first, highest, lowest and last daily close of the month (the basis used on the 2007 page and the monthly returns heatmap). Intraday highs and lows are not shown because the source lacks usable intraday data for part of this month.
Source: COMEX gold futures (GC=F) daily settlements and intraday bars via Yahoo Finance; US CPI (FRED CPIAUCSL) for the inflation adjustment; World Bank Pink Sheet for the monthly London average. Figures are final settlements; sources may occasionally revise historical data.
Gold in September 2007: summary
Gold soared 10.37% in September 2007, from $673.00 at the end of August 2007 to $742.80 an ounce. Gold closed higher on 12 of 19 trading days and lower on 6; the strongest session was 6 September 2007 (+2.04%) and the weakest 26 September 2007 (−0.45%). Settlement prices ranged from $681.70 on 5 September 2007 to $742.80 on 28 September 2007, a spread of $61.10 (9.1%), wider than the 5.7% average of the previous 12 months.
That was the biggest monthly gain since April 2006. It was gold's 3rd monthly gain in a row.
How September 2007 compares
- Against other Septembers: at +10.37%, September 2007 ranks 1st of 27 Septembers since 2000 (best first), the best since 2000.
- Against every month: it ranks 10th of 313 months since September 2000, better than 97% of them.
- Range: the gap between the highest and lowest close was $61.10, or 9.1% of the opening level, 1.6× the 5.7% average of the previous 12 months.
- Daily moves: the average day moved 0.64% (up or down), against 0.78% over the previous 12 months, so September 2007 was calmer than usual.
- Streaks: the longest run of higher closes was 4 days and the longest run of lower closes 2 days.
- Bigger picture: at the month-end close gold was +16.94% for 2007 to the end of September and +24.09% over 12 months (against the September 2006 close of $598.60).
- Average price: the mean of the 19 daily closes was $715.37; the World Bank's monthly average of the London (LBMA) price was $713.00.
Across the other 26 completed Septembers since 2000, gold averaged +0.04% and rose in 12 of them (46%). September 2007 beat that average by 10.3 percentage points. The gold seasonality tool shows the same statistics for every calendar month, and the monthly returns heatmap lays out all Septembers side by side.
September 2007 in today's dollars
Adjusted for US consumer-price inflation, the $742.80 closing price equals about $1,198 in September 2026 dollars (CPI 208.5 in September 2007 against 336.3 in September 2026, FRED series CPIAUCSL), 61% more than the nominal figure. The gold price history hub restates every year's close on the same basis, and the all-time-high tracker lists every record close in nominal dollars.
Gold price by month in 2007
The gold price in 2007 page has the year's open, high, low and close, and the monthly archive on the gold price history hub explains how these month pages are built.
Frequently asked questions
What was the gold price in September 2007?
Gold closed September 2007 at $742.80 an ounce (COMEX settlement). It opened the month at $682.50 and averaged $715.37 across 19 trading days; the World Bank’s London average for the month was $713.00.
Did gold go up in September 2007?
Yes. Gold was up 10.37% in September 2007, from $673.00 at the end of August 2007 to $742.80. It closed higher on 12 of 19 days. Among Septembers since 2000 it ranks 1st of 27 (best first).
What was the highest gold price in September 2007?
The highest close was $742.80 on 28 September 2007.
What was the lowest gold price in September 2007?
The lowest close was $681.70 on 5 September 2007, $61.10 (9.1%) below the month’s highest close.
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