Gold price in July 2012: daily prices, high, low and change
Gold closed July 2012 at $1,610.50 an ounce, up 0.44% on the month. The highest close was $1,621.30 on 3 Jul and the lowest $1,564.90 on 12 Jul. Every trading day below, with ranks and context computed from COMEX data.
Gold price chart, July 2012 (daily close and high-low range, US$ per ounce)
Gold line = daily settlement; bars = intraday high to low where available; dashed line = June 2012 close ($1,603.50).
Daily gold prices in July 2012 (21 trading days)
| Date | Open | High | Low | Close | Change | % change |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Mon 2 Jul | $1,597.10 | $1,598.30 | $1,589.70 | $1,597.20 | −$6.30 | −0.39% |
| Tue 3 Jul | $1,603.80 | $1,624.00 | $1,603.80 | $1,621.30 | +$24.10 | +1.51% |
| Thu 5 Jul | $1,618.50 | $1,619.20 | $1,598.00 | $1,608.90 | −$12.40 | −0.76% |
| Fri 6 Jul worst day | $1,592.30 | $1,593.80 | $1,578.40 | $1,578.40 | −$30.50 | −1.90% |
| Mon 9 Jul | $1,582.10 | $1,588.60 | $1,580.90 | $1,588.60 | +$10.20 | +0.65% |
| Tue 10 Jul | $1,599.20 | $1,599.80 | $1,567.60 | $1,579.30 | −$9.30 | −0.59% |
| Wed 11 Jul | $1,577.40 | $1,579.50 | $1,575.20 | $1,575.20 | −$4.10 | −0.26% |
| Thu 12 Jul | $1,569.30 | $1,574.70 | $1,557.20 | $1,564.90 | −$10.30 | −0.65% |
| Fri 13 Jul | $1,567.80 | $1,594.10 | $1,567.80 | $1,591.60 | +$26.70 | +1.71% |
| Mon 16 Jul | $1,586.20 | $1,591.20 | $1,585.80 | $1,591.20 | −$0.40 | −0.03% |
| Tue 17 Jul | $1,596.00 | $1,596.00 | $1,576.30 | $1,589.10 | −$2.10 | −0.13% |
| Wed 18 Jul | $1,581.20 | $1,583.70 | $1,569.90 | $1,570.40 | −$18.70 | −1.18% |
| Thu 19 Jul | $1,580.00 | $1,586.90 | $1,578.40 | $1,580.10 | +$9.70 | +0.62% |
| Fri 20 Jul | $1,583.90 | $1,584.40 | $1,576.10 | $1,582.50 | +$2.40 | +0.15% |
| Mon 23 Jul | $1,571.70 | $1,577.10 | $1,569.80 | $1,577.10 | −$5.40 | −0.34% |
| Tue 24 Jul | $1,574.00 | $1,581.90 | $1,574.00 | $1,576.00 | −$1.10 | −0.07% |
| Wed 25 Jul best day | $1,583.70 | $1,608.00 | $1,583.30 | $1,608.00 | +$32.00 | +2.03% |
| Thu 26 Jul | $1,614.90 | $1,615.00 | $1,614.10 | $1,615.00 | +$7.00 | +0.44% |
| Fri 27 Jul | $1,613.40 | $1,617.90 | $1,613.40 | $1,617.90 | +$2.90 | +0.18% |
| Mon 30 Jul | $1,622.90 | $1,625.80 | $1,613.10 | $1,619.70 | +$1.80 | +0.11% |
| Tue 31 Jul | $1,621.10 | $1,627.50 | $1,610.00 | $1,610.50 | −$9.20 | −0.57% |
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
| July 2012 | Open | High | Low | Close | Change |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Settlements | $1,597.20 | $1,621.30 | $1,564.90 | $1,610.50 | +0.44% |
| Intraday | $1,597.10 | $1,627.50 31 Jul | $1,557.20 12 Jul | $1,610.50 | — |
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 July 2012: summary
Gold inched higher 0.44% in July 2012, closing the month at $1,610.50 an ounce against $1,603.50 at the end of June 2012. Settlement prices ranged from $1,564.90 on 12 July 2012 to $1,621.30 on 3 July 2012, a spread of $56.40 (3.5%), narrower than the 8.6% average of the previous 12 months. Gold closed higher on 9 of 21 trading days and lower on 12; the strongest session was 25 July 2012 (+2.03%) and the weakest 6 July 2012 (−1.90%).
How July 2012 compares
- Against other Julys: at +0.44%, July 2012 ranks 15th of 26 Julys since 2001 (best first).
- Against every month: it ranks 171st of 313 months since September 2000, better than 46% of them.
- Range: the gap between the highest and lowest close was $56.40, or 3.5% of the opening level, 0.4× the 8.6% average of the previous 12 months.
- Daily moves: the average day moved 0.68% (up or down), against 1.06% over the previous 12 months, so July 2012 was calmer than usual.
- Streaks: the longest run of higher closes was 4 days and the longest run of lower closes 3 days.
- Bigger picture: at the month-end close gold was +2.85% for 2012 to the end of July and −1.09% over 12 months (against the July 2011 close of $1,628.30).
- Average price: the mean of the 21 daily closes was $1,592.52; the World Bank's monthly average of the London (LBMA) price was $1,594.00.
Across the other 25 completed Julys since 2001, gold averaged +0.95% and rose in 14 of them (56%). July 2012 lagged that average by 0.5 percentage points. The gold seasonality tool shows the same statistics for every calendar month, and the monthly returns heatmap lays out all Julys side by side.
July 2012 in today's dollars
Adjusted for US consumer-price inflation, the $1,610.50 closing price equals about $2,369 in September 2026 dollars (CPI 228.6 in July 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 July 2012?
Gold closed July 2012 at $1,610.50 an ounce (COMEX settlement). It opened the month at $1,597.20 and averaged $1,592.52 across 21 trading days; the World Bank’s London average for the month was $1,594.00.
Did gold go up in July 2012?
Yes. Gold was up 0.44% in July 2012, from $1,603.50 at the end of June 2012 to $1,610.50. It closed higher on 9 of 21 days. Among Julys since 2001 it ranks 15th of 26 (best first).
What was the highest gold price in July 2012?
The highest close was $1,621.30 on 3 July 2012. The highest intraday price in the daily bars was $1,627.50 on 31 July 2012.
What was the lowest gold price in July 2012?
The lowest close was $1,564.90 on 12 July 2012, $56.40 (3.5%) below the month’s highest close. The lowest intraday price was $1,557.20 on 12 July 2012.
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