Gold price in June 2012: daily prices, high, low and change
Gold closed June 2012 at $1,603.50 an ounce, up 2.62% on the month. The highest close was $1,632.80 on 6 Jun and the lowest $1,549.70 on 28 Jun. Every trading day below, with ranks and context computed from COMEX data.
Gold price chart, June 2012 (daily close and high-low range, US$ per ounce)
Gold line = daily settlement; bars = intraday high to low where available; dashed line = May 2012 close ($1,562.60).
Daily gold prices in June 2012 (21 trading days)
| Date | Open | High | Low | Close | Change | % change |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Fri 1 Jun best day | $1,560.00 | $1,630.00 | $1,545.50 | $1,620.50 | +$57.90 | +3.71% |
| Mon 4 Jun | $1,623.00 | $1,627.90 | $1,609.00 | $1,612.20 | −$8.30 | −0.51% |
| Tue 5 Jun | $1,619.30 | $1,622.70 | $1,612.90 | $1,615.20 | +$3.00 | +0.19% |
| Wed 6 Jun | $1,619.70 | $1,639.70 | $1,616.50 | $1,632.80 | +$17.60 | +1.09% |
| Thu 7 Jun | $1,622.60 | $1,627.20 | $1,581.90 | $1,586.60 | −$46.20 | −2.83% |
| Fri 8 Jun | $1,589.90 | $1,593.90 | $1,566.50 | $1,590.10 | +$3.50 | +0.22% |
| Mon 11 Jun | $1,608.00 | $1,608.00 | $1,583.00 | $1,595.50 | +$5.40 | +0.34% |
| Tue 12 Jun | $1,594.10 | $1,612.80 | $1,588.50 | $1,612.70 | +$17.20 | +1.08% |
| Wed 13 Jun | $1,608.20 | $1,622.40 | $1,608.20 | $1,618.10 | +$5.40 | +0.33% |
| Thu 14 Jun | $1,621.20 | $1,626.40 | $1,610.10 | $1,618.40 | +$0.30 | +0.02% |
| Fri 15 Jun | $1,624.30 | $1,630.00 | $1,621.50 | $1,627.00 | +$8.60 | +0.53% |
| Mon 18 Jun | $1,622.60 | $1,627.60 | $1,615.00 | $1,625.70 | −$1.30 | −0.08% |
| Tue 19 Jun | $1,629.80 | $1,630.70 | $1,622.00 | $1,622.20 | −$3.50 | −0.22% |
| Wed 20 Jun | $1,618.30 | $1,618.30 | $1,601.30 | $1,614.80 | −$7.40 | −0.46% |
| Thu 21 Jun worst day | $1,603.20 | $1,603.30 | $1,564.50 | $1,564.50 | −$50.30 | −3.11% |
| Fri 22 Jun | $1,565.50 | $1,568.40 | $1,560.00 | $1,566.00 | +$1.50 | +0.10% |
| Mon 25 Jun | $1,574.90 | $1,587.50 | $1,571.00 | $1,587.50 | +$21.50 | +1.37% |
| Tue 26 Jun | $1,583.50 | $1,583.50 | $1,567.70 | $1,574.00 | −$13.50 | −0.85% |
| Wed 27 Jun | $1,567.00 | $1,577.50 | $1,563.00 | $1,577.50 | +$3.50 | +0.22% |
| Thu 28 Jun | $1,573.70 | $1,573.70 | $1,548.40 | $1,549.70 | −$27.80 | −1.76% |
| Fri 29 Jun | $1,562.60 | $1,603.50 | $1,561.90 | $1,603.50 | +$53.80 | +3.47% |
Close = COMEX gold futures settlement in US dollars per troy ounce; change is against the previous trading day's close.
Monthly open, high, low and close
| June 2012 | Open | High | Low | Close | Change |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Settlements | $1,620.50 | $1,632.80 | $1,549.70 | $1,603.50 | +2.62% |
| Intraday | $1,560.00 | $1,639.70 6 Jun | $1,545.50 1 Jun | $1,603.50 | — |
Settlements: first, highest, lowest and last daily close of the month (the basis used on the 2012 page and the monthly returns heatmap). Intraday: the highest and lowest traded prices in the daily bars.
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 June 2012: summary
Gold climbed 2.62% in June 2012, settling the month at $1,603.50 an ounce against $1,562.60 at the end of May 2012. Settlement prices ranged from $1,549.70 on 28 June 2012 to $1,632.80 on 6 June 2012, a spread of $83.10 (5.3%), narrower than the 8.5% average of the previous 12 months. Gold closed higher on 13 of 21 trading days and lower on 8; the strongest session was 1 June 2012 (+3.71%) and the weakest 21 June 2012 (−3.11%).
It ended a run of 4 straight monthly losses. The +3.71% move on 1 June 2012 was the largest one-day gain of 2012.
How June 2012 compares
- Against other Junes: at +2.62%, June 2012 ranks 8th of 26 Junes since 2001 (best first).
- Against every month: it ranks 112th of 313 months since September 2000, better than 64% of them.
- Range: the gap between the highest and lowest close was $83.10, or 5.3% of the opening level, 0.6× the 8.5% average of the previous 12 months.
- Daily moves: the average day moved 1.07% (up or down), against 1.02% over the previous 12 months, so June 2012 was about as volatile as usual.
- Streaks: the longest run of higher closes was 6 days and the longest run of lower closes 4 days.
- Bigger picture: at the month-end close gold was +2.41% for 2012 to the end of June and +6.74% over 12 months (against the June 2011 close of $1,502.30).
- Average price: the mean of the 21 daily closes was $1,600.69; the World Bank's monthly average of the London (LBMA) price was $1,599.00.
Across the other 25 completed Junes since 2001, gold averaged −1.01% and rose in 10 of them (40%). June 2012 beat that average by 3.6 percentage points. The gold seasonality tool shows the same statistics for every calendar month, and the monthly returns heatmap lays out all Junes side by side.
June 2012 in today's dollars
Adjusted for US consumer-price inflation, the $1,603.50 closing price equals about $2,360 in September 2026 dollars (CPI 228.5 in June 2012 against 336.3 in September 2026, FRED series CPIAUCSL), 47% 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 2012
The gold price in 2012 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 June 2012?
Gold closed June 2012 at $1,603.50 an ounce (COMEX settlement). It opened the month at $1,620.50 and averaged $1,600.69 across 21 trading days; the World Bank’s London average for the month was $1,599.00.
Did gold go up in June 2012?
Yes. Gold was up 2.62% in June 2012, from $1,562.60 at the end of May 2012 to $1,603.50. It closed higher on 13 of 21 days. Among Junes since 2001 it ranks 8th of 26 (best first).
What was the highest gold price in June 2012?
The highest close was $1,632.80 on 6 June 2012. The highest intraday price in the daily bars was $1,639.70 on 6 June 2012.
What was the lowest gold price in June 2012?
The lowest close was $1,549.70 on 28 June 2012, $83.10 (5.3%) below the month’s highest close. The lowest intraday price was $1,545.50 on 1 June 2012.
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