Gold price in June 2017: daily prices, high, low and change
Gold closed June 2017 at $1,240.70 an ounce, down 2.46% on the month. The highest close was $1,294.40 on 6 Jun and the lowest $1,240.70 on 30 Jun. Every trading day below, with ranks and context computed from COMEX data.
Gold price chart, June 2017 (daily close and high-low range, US$ per ounce)
Gold line = daily settlement; bars = intraday high to low where available; dashed line = May 2017 close ($1,272.00).
Daily gold prices in June 2017 (22 trading days)
| Date | Open | High | Low | Close | Change | % change |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Thu 1 Jun | $1,268.00 | $1,269.20 | $1,260.80 | $1,267.00 | −$5.00 | −0.39% |
| Fri 2 Jun | $1,265.20 | $1,279.00 | $1,259.00 | $1,276.80 | +$9.80 | +0.77% |
| Mon 5 Jun | $1,279.20 | $1,282.00 | $1,277.00 | $1,279.30 | +$2.50 | +0.20% |
| Tue 6 Jun best day | $1,279.40 | $1,295.20 | $1,279.40 | $1,294.40 | +$15.10 | +1.18% |
| Wed 7 Jun | $1,291.60 | $1,293.10 | $1,284.30 | $1,290.10 | −$4.30 | −0.33% |
| Thu 8 Jun | $1,285.40 | $1,287.60 | $1,268.10 | $1,276.30 | −$13.80 | −1.07% |
| Fri 9 Jun | $1,277.90 | $1,277.90 | $1,264.60 | $1,268.50 | −$7.80 | −0.61% |
| Mon 12 Jun | $1,266.40 | $1,269.30 | $1,263.20 | $1,266.10 | −$2.40 | −0.19% |
| Tue 13 Jun | $1,264.10 | $1,266.90 | $1,259.70 | $1,265.80 | −$0.30 | −0.02% |
| Wed 14 Jun | $1,269.40 | $1,278.00 | $1,256.80 | $1,272.80 | +$7.00 | +0.55% |
| Thu 15 Jun worst day | $1,263.20 | $1,264.20 | $1,250.30 | $1,252.20 | −$20.60 | −1.62% |
| Fri 16 Jun | $1,252.80 | $1,255.30 | $1,251.30 | $1,254.00 | +$1.80 | +0.14% |
| Mon 19 Jun | $1,252.10 | $1,252.20 | $1,241.90 | $1,244.20 | −$9.80 | −0.78% |
| Tue 20 Jun | $1,242.20 | $1,245.50 | $1,240.50 | $1,241.00 | −$3.20 | −0.26% |
| Wed 21 Jun | $1,244.10 | $1,245.00 | $1,240.00 | $1,243.40 | +$2.40 | +0.19% |
| Thu 22 Jun | $1,251.00 | $1,252.70 | $1,246.30 | $1,247.60 | +$4.20 | +0.34% |
| Fri 23 Jun | $1,250.00 | $1,273.60 | $1,249.80 | $1,256.20 | +$8.60 | +0.69% |
| Mon 26 Jun | $1,260.20 | $1,260.20 | $1,241.60 | $1,246.30 | −$9.90 | −0.79% |
| Tue 27 Jun | $1,251.60 | $1,251.80 | $1,245.90 | $1,246.40 | +$0.10 | +0.01% |
| Wed 28 Jun | $1,248.50 | $1,248.50 | $1,248.00 | $1,248.00 | +$1.60 | +0.13% |
| Thu 29 Jun | $1,248.20 | $1,250.70 | $1,238.10 | $1,244.20 | −$3.80 | −0.30% |
| Fri 30 Jun | $1,243.70 | $1,243.70 | $1,239.10 | $1,240.70 | −$3.50 | −0.28% |
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 2017 | Open | High | Low | Close | Change |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Settlements | $1,267.00 | $1,294.40 | $1,240.70 | $1,240.70 | −2.46% |
| Intraday | $1,268.00 | $1,295.20 6 Jun | $1,238.10 29 Jun | $1,240.70 | — |
Settlements: first, highest, lowest and last daily close of the month (the basis used on the 2017 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 2017: summary
Gold lost ground 2.46% in June 2017, closing the month at $1,240.70 an ounce against $1,272.00 at the end of May 2017. Settlement prices ranged from $1,240.70 on 30 June 2017 to $1,294.40 on 6 June 2017, a spread of $53.70 (4.2%), narrower than the 5.1% average of the previous 12 months. Gold closed higher on 10 of 22 trading days and lower on 12; the strongest session was 6 June 2017 (+1.18%) and the weakest 15 June 2017 (−1.62%).
How June 2017 compares
- Against other Junes: at −2.46%, June 2017 ranks 18th of 26 Junes since 2001 (best first).
- Against every month: it ranks 247th of 313 months since September 2000, better than 21% of them.
- Range: the gap between the highest and lowest close was $53.70, or 4.2% of the opening level, 0.8× the 5.1% average of the previous 12 months.
- Daily moves: the average day moved 0.49% (up or down), against 0.59% over the previous 12 months, so June 2017 was calmer than usual.
- Streaks: the longest run of higher closes was 3 days and the longest run of lower closes 5 days.
- Bigger picture: at the month-end close gold was +7.89% for 2017 to the end of June and −5.89% over 12 months (against the June 2016 close of $1,318.40).
- Average price: the mean of the 22 daily closes was $1,260.06; the World Bank's monthly average of the London (LBMA) price was $1,260.00.
Across the other 25 completed Junes since 2001, gold averaged −0.81% and rose in 11 of them (44%). June 2017 lagged that average by 1.7 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 2017 in today's dollars
Adjusted for US consumer-price inflation, the $1,240.70 closing price equals about $1,709 in September 2026 dollars (CPI 244.2 in June 2017 against 336.3 in September 2026, FRED series CPIAUCSL), 38% 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 2017
The gold price in 2017 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 2017?
Gold closed June 2017 at $1,240.70 an ounce (COMEX settlement). It opened the month at $1,267.00 and averaged $1,260.06 across 22 trading days; the World Bank’s London average for the month was $1,260.00.
Did gold go up in June 2017?
No. Gold was down 2.46% in June 2017, from $1,272.00 at the end of May 2017 to $1,240.70. It closed higher on 10 of 22 days. Among Junes since 2001 it ranks 18th of 26 (best first).
What was the highest gold price in June 2017?
The highest close was $1,294.40 on 6 June 2017. The highest intraday price in the daily bars was $1,295.20 on 6 June 2017.
What was the lowest gold price in June 2017?
The lowest close was $1,240.70 on 30 June 2017, $53.70 (4.2%) below the month’s highest close. The lowest intraday price was $1,238.10 on 29 June 2017.
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