Gold price in July 2017: daily prices, high, low and change
Gold closed July 2017 at $1,266.60 an ounce, up 2.09% on the month. The highest close was $1,268.40 on 28 Jul and the lowest $1,208.60 on 7 Jul. Every trading day below, with ranks and context computed from COMEX data.
Gold price chart, July 2017 (daily close and high-low range, US$ per ounce)
Gold line = daily settlement; bars = intraday high to low where available; dashed line = June 2017 close ($1,240.70).
Daily gold prices in July 2017 (20 trading days)
| Date | Open | High | Low | Close | Change | % change |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Mon 3 Jul worst day | $1,236.00 | $1,236.00 | $1,217.90 | $1,217.90 | −$22.80 | −1.84% |
| Wed 5 Jul | $1,222.50 | $1,225.00 | $1,217.10 | $1,220.40 | +$2.50 | +0.21% |
| Thu 6 Jul | $1,225.10 | $1,225.10 | $1,222.20 | $1,222.20 | +$1.80 | +0.15% |
| Fri 7 Jul | $1,219.10 | $1,220.40 | $1,208.60 | $1,208.60 | −$13.60 | −1.11% |
| Mon 10 Jul | $1,211.40 | $1,212.10 | $1,209.60 | $1,212.10 | +$3.50 | +0.29% |
| Tue 11 Jul | $1,208.70 | $1,214.90 | $1,208.70 | $1,213.60 | +$1.50 | +0.12% |
| Wed 12 Jul | $1,218.30 | $1,219.40 | $1,217.90 | $1,218.10 | +$4.50 | +0.37% |
| Thu 13 Jul | $1,221.40 | $1,221.40 | $1,216.30 | $1,216.30 | −$1.80 | −0.15% |
| Fri 14 Jul | $1,214.90 | $1,227.50 | $1,214.80 | $1,226.60 | +$10.30 | +0.85% |
| Mon 17 Jul | $1,229.90 | $1,233.40 | $1,229.90 | $1,232.80 | +$6.20 | +0.51% |
| Tue 18 Jul | $1,236.20 | $1,241.20 | $1,236.20 | $1,241.10 | +$8.30 | +0.67% |
| Wed 19 Jul | $1,240.40 | $1,241.20 | $1,240.10 | $1,241.20 | +$0.10 | +0.01% |
| Thu 20 Jul | $1,236.60 | $1,244.80 | $1,236.60 | $1,244.80 | +$3.60 | +0.29% |
| Fri 21 Jul | $1,250.70 | $1,254.30 | $1,250.50 | $1,254.30 | +$9.50 | +0.76% |
| Mon 24 Jul | $1,256.00 | $1,256.00 | $1,253.90 | $1,253.90 | −$0.40 | −0.03% |
| Tue 25 Jul | $1,252.70 | $1,253.60 | $1,249.20 | $1,251.70 | −$2.20 | −0.18% |
| Wed 26 Jul | $1,244.80 | $1,249.00 | $1,244.80 | $1,249.00 | −$2.70 | −0.22% |
| Thu 27 Jul best day | — | — | — | $1,259.60 | +$10.60 | +0.85% |
| Fri 28 Jul | $1,258.40 | $1,270.00 | $1,256.90 | $1,268.40 | +$8.80 | +0.70% |
| Mon 31 Jul | $1,268.90 | $1,270.80 | $1,265.80 | $1,266.60 | −$1.80 | −0.14% |
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 1 day 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 2017 | Open | High | Low | Close | Change |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Settlements | $1,217.90 | $1,268.40 | $1,208.60 | $1,266.60 | +2.09% |
| Intraday | $1,236.00 | $1,270.80 31 Jul | $1,208.60 7 Jul | $1,266.60 | — |
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 July 2017: summary
Gold gained 2.09% in July 2017, from $1,240.70 at the end of June 2017 to $1,266.60 an ounce. Gold closed higher on 13 of 20 trading days and lower on 7; the strongest session was 27 July 2017 (+0.85%) and the weakest 3 July 2017 (−1.84%). Settlement prices ranged from $1,208.60 on 7 July 2017 to $1,268.40 on 28 July 2017, a spread of $59.80 (4.8%), wider than the 4.7% average of the previous 12 months.
The −1.84% move on 3 July 2017 was the largest one-day fall of 2017.
How July 2017 compares
- Against other Julys: at +2.09%, July 2017 ranks 12th of 26 Julys since 2001 (best first).
- Against every month: it ranks 127th of 313 months since September 2000, better than 60% of them.
- Range: the gap between the highest and lowest close was $59.80, or 4.8% of the opening level, 1.0× the 4.7% average of the previous 12 months.
- Daily moves: the average day moved 0.47% (up or down), against 0.57% over the previous 12 months, so July 2017 was calmer than usual.
- Streaks: the longest run of higher closes was 6 days and the longest run of lower closes 3 days.
- Bigger picture: at the month-end close gold was +10.14% for 2017 to the end of July and −6.11% over 12 months (against the July 2016 close of $1,349.00).
- Average price: the mean of the 20 daily closes was $1,235.96; the World Bank's monthly average of the London (LBMA) price was $1,237.00.
Across the other 25 completed Julys since 2001, gold averaged +0.88% and rose in 14 of them (56%). July 2017 beat that average by 1.2 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 2017 in today's dollars
Adjusted for US consumer-price inflation, the $1,266.60 closing price equals about $1,744 in September 2026 dollars (CPI 244.2 in July 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 July 2017?
Gold closed July 2017 at $1,266.60 an ounce (COMEX settlement). It opened the month at $1,217.90 and averaged $1,235.96 across 20 trading days; the World Bank’s London average for the month was $1,237.00.
Did gold go up in July 2017?
Yes. Gold was up 2.09% in July 2017, from $1,240.70 at the end of June 2017 to $1,266.60. It closed higher on 13 of 20 days. Among Julys since 2001 it ranks 12th of 26 (best first).
What was the highest gold price in July 2017?
The highest close was $1,268.40 on 28 July 2017. The highest intraday price in the daily bars was $1,270.80 on 31 July 2017.
What was the lowest gold price in July 2017?
The lowest close was $1,208.60 on 7 July 2017, $59.80 (4.8%) below the month’s highest close. The lowest intraday price was $1,208.60 on 7 July 2017.
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