Gold price in July 2014: daily prices, high, low and change
Gold closed July 2014 at $1,281.30 an ounce, down 3.06% on the month. The highest close was $1,338.70 on 10 Jul and the lowest $1,281.30 on 31 Jul. Every trading day below, with ranks and context computed from COMEX data.
Gold price chart, July 2014 (daily close and high-low range, US$ per ounce)
Gold line = daily settlement; bars = intraday high to low where available; dashed line = June 2014 close ($1,321.80).
Daily gold prices in July 2014 (22 trading days)
| Date | Open | High | Low | Close | Change | % change |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Tue 1 Jul | $1,326.70 | $1,331.40 | $1,326.20 | $1,326.40 | +$4.60 | +0.35% |
| Wed 2 Jul | $1,326.80 | $1,330.70 | $1,326.80 | $1,330.70 | +$4.30 | +0.32% |
| Thu 3 Jul | $1,327.30 | $1,327.70 | $1,313.00 | $1,320.40 | −$10.30 | −0.77% |
| Mon 7 Jul | $1,318.70 | $1,320.30 | $1,313.20 | $1,316.50 | −$3.90 | −0.30% |
| Tue 8 Jul | $1,318.40 | $1,323.50 | $1,316.00 | $1,316.00 | −$0.50 | −0.04% |
| Wed 9 Jul | $1,324.00 | $1,330.40 | $1,323.80 | $1,323.80 | +$7.80 | +0.59% |
| Thu 10 Jul | $1,330.50 | $1,343.70 | $1,328.00 | $1,338.70 | +$14.90 | +1.13% |
| Fri 11 Jul | $1,337.90 | $1,339.00 | $1,336.20 | $1,337.00 | −$1.70 | −0.13% |
| Mon 14 Jul worst day | $1,332.80 | $1,332.80 | $1,304.70 | $1,306.30 | −$30.70 | −2.30% |
| Tue 15 Jul | $1,307.40 | $1,311.90 | $1,294.10 | $1,296.90 | −$9.40 | −0.72% |
| Wed 16 Jul | $1,298.40 | $1,303.10 | $1,296.90 | $1,299.60 | +$2.70 | +0.21% |
| Thu 17 Jul best day | $1,303.10 | $1,323.80 | $1,303.10 | $1,316.70 | +$17.10 | +1.32% |
| Fri 18 Jul | $1,322.70 | $1,322.70 | $1,306.20 | $1,309.20 | −$7.50 | −0.57% |
| Mon 21 Jul | $1,311.00 | $1,315.50 | $1,311.00 | $1,313.70 | +$4.50 | +0.34% |
| Tue 22 Jul | — | — | — | $1,306.10 | −$7.60 | −0.58% |
| Wed 23 Jul | — | — | — | $1,304.50 | −$1.60 | −0.12% |
| Thu 24 Jul | $1,297.50 | $1,297.50 | $1,290.60 | $1,290.60 | −$13.90 | −1.07% |
| Fri 25 Jul | $1,294.80 | $1,303.10 | $1,294.80 | $1,303.10 | +$12.50 | +0.97% |
| Mon 28 Jul | $1,307.40 | $1,308.00 | $1,303.30 | $1,303.30 | +$0.20 | +0.02% |
| Tue 29 Jul | $1,310.90 | $1,310.90 | $1,298.30 | $1,298.30 | −$5.00 | −0.38% |
| Wed 30 Jul | $1,298.60 | $1,303.00 | $1,291.00 | $1,294.90 | −$3.40 | −0.26% |
| Thu 31 Jul | $1,295.10 | $1,297.30 | $1,280.60 | $1,281.30 | −$13.60 | −1.05% |
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 2 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
| July 2014 | Open | High | Low | Close | Change |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Settlements | $1,326.40 | $1,338.70 | $1,281.30 | $1,281.30 | −3.06% |
| Intraday | $1,326.70 | $1,343.70 10 Jul | $1,280.60 31 Jul | $1,281.30 | — |
Settlements: first, highest, lowest and last daily close of the month (the basis used on the 2014 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 2014: summary
Gold dropped 3.06% in July 2014, from $1,321.80 at the end of June 2014 to $1,281.30 an ounce. Gold closed higher on 9 of 22 trading days and lower on 13; the strongest session was 17 July 2014 (+1.32%) and the weakest 14 July 2014 (−2.30%). Settlement prices ranged from $1,281.30 on 31 July 2014 to $1,338.70 on 10 July 2014, a spread of $57.40 (4.3%), narrower than the 6.6% average of the previous 12 months.
The −2.30% move on 14 July 2014 was the largest one-day fall of 2014.
How July 2014 compares
- Against other Julys: at −3.06%, July 2014 ranks 23rd of 26 Julys since 2001 (best first).
- Against every month: it ranks 255th of 313 months since September 2000, better than 19% of them.
- Range: the gap between the highest and lowest close was $57.40, or 4.3% of the opening level, 0.7× the 6.6% average of the previous 12 months.
- Daily moves: the average day moved 0.61% (up or down), against 0.80% over the previous 12 months, so July 2014 was calmer than usual.
- Streaks: the longest run of higher closes was 2 days and the longest run of lower closes 3 days.
- Bigger picture: at the month-end close gold was +6.61% for 2014 to the end of July and −2.37% over 12 months (against the July 2013 close of $1,312.40).
- Average price: the mean of the 22 daily closes was $1,310.64; the World Bank's monthly average of the London (LBMA) price was $1,311.00.
Across the other 25 completed Julys since 2001, gold averaged +1.09% and rose in 15 of them (60%). July 2014 lagged that average by 4.2 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 2014 in today's dollars
Adjusted for US consumer-price inflation, the $1,281.30 closing price equals about $1,814 in September 2026 dollars (CPI 237.5 in July 2014 against 336.3 in September 2026, FRED series CPIAUCSL), 42% 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 2014
The gold price in 2014 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 2014?
Gold closed July 2014 at $1,281.30 an ounce (COMEX settlement). It opened the month at $1,326.40 and averaged $1,310.64 across 22 trading days; the World Bank’s London average for the month was $1,311.00.
Did gold go up in July 2014?
No. Gold was down 3.06% in July 2014, from $1,321.80 at the end of June 2014 to $1,281.30. It closed higher on 9 of 22 days. Among Julys since 2001 it ranks 23rd of 26 (best first).
What was the highest gold price in July 2014?
The highest close was $1,338.70 on 10 July 2014. The highest intraday price in the daily bars was $1,343.70 on 10 July 2014.
What was the lowest gold price in July 2014?
The lowest close was $1,281.30 on 31 July 2014, $57.40 (4.3%) below the month’s highest close. The lowest intraday price was $1,280.60 on 31 July 2014.
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