Gold price in June 2018: daily prices, high, low and change
Gold closed June 2018 at $1,251.30 an ounce, down 3.75% on the month. The highest close was $1,304.00 on 14 Jun and the lowest $1,247.80 on 28 Jun. Every trading day below, with ranks and context computed from COMEX data.
Gold price chart, June 2018 (daily close and high-low range, US$ per ounce)
Gold line = daily settlement; bars = intraday high to low where available; dashed line = May 2018 close ($1,300.10).
Daily gold prices in June 2018 (21 trading days)
| Date | Open | High | Low | Close | Change | % change |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Fri 1 Jun | $1,298.60 | $1,299.50 | $1,288.90 | $1,294.80 | −$5.30 | −0.41% |
| Mon 4 Jun | $1,293.90 | $1,297.10 | $1,290.00 | $1,293.10 | −$1.70 | −0.13% |
| Tue 5 Jun | $1,292.10 | $1,299.80 | $1,289.90 | $1,297.50 | +$4.40 | +0.34% |
| Wed 6 Jun | $1,296.10 | $1,300.40 | $1,294.10 | $1,297.10 | −$0.40 | −0.03% |
| Thu 7 Jun | $1,298.40 | $1,302.80 | $1,296.20 | $1,298.70 | +$1.60 | +0.12% |
| Fri 8 Jun | $1,295.30 | $1,299.40 | $1,294.80 | $1,298.10 | −$0.60 | −0.05% |
| Mon 11 Jun | $1,299.30 | $1,302.00 | $1,295.20 | $1,298.90 | +$0.80 | +0.06% |
| Tue 12 Jun | $1,297.80 | $1,298.10 | $1,292.70 | $1,295.10 | −$3.80 | −0.29% |
| Wed 13 Jun | $1,294.00 | $1,299.40 | $1,290.90 | $1,296.90 | +$1.80 | +0.14% |
| Thu 14 Jun best day | $1,297.20 | $1,307.70 | $1,297.20 | $1,304.00 | +$7.10 | +0.55% |
| Fri 15 Jun worst day | $1,297.20 | $1,307.70 | $1,274.00 | $1,274.60 | −$29.40 | −2.25% |
| Mon 18 Jun | $1,280.70 | $1,280.70 | $1,276.20 | $1,276.20 | +$1.60 | +0.13% |
| Tue 19 Jun | $1,278.70 | $1,281.80 | $1,269.90 | $1,275.60 | −$0.60 | −0.05% |
| Wed 20 Jun | $1,274.40 | $1,274.40 | $1,271.20 | $1,271.20 | −$4.40 | −0.34% |
| Thu 21 Jun | $1,262.70 | $1,268.90 | $1,260.00 | $1,267.20 | −$4.00 | −0.31% |
| Fri 22 Jun | $1,268.10 | $1,270.20 | $1,267.00 | $1,267.40 | +$0.20 | +0.02% |
| Mon 25 Jun | $1,270.60 | $1,271.20 | $1,265.60 | $1,265.60 | −$1.80 | −0.14% |
| Tue 26 Jun | $1,267.20 | $1,267.20 | $1,256.60 | $1,256.60 | −$9.00 | −0.71% |
| Wed 27 Jun | $1,255.50 | $1,255.50 | $1,252.30 | $1,252.80 | −$3.80 | −0.30% |
| Thu 28 Jun | $1,251.70 | $1,251.70 | $1,244.80 | $1,247.80 | −$5.00 | −0.40% |
| Fri 29 Jun | $1,250.30 | $1,253.30 | $1,249.10 | $1,251.30 | +$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 2018 | Open | High | Low | Close | Change |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Settlements | $1,294.80 | $1,304.00 | $1,247.80 | $1,251.30 | −3.75% |
| Intraday | $1,298.60 | $1,307.70 14 Jun | $1,244.80 28 Jun | $1,251.30 | — |
Settlements: first, highest, lowest and last daily close of the month (the basis used on the 2018 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 2018: summary
Gold fell 3.75% in June 2018, from $1,300.10 at the end of May 2018 to $1,251.30 an ounce. Settlement prices ranged from $1,247.80 on 28 June 2018 to $1,304.00 on 14 June 2018, a spread of $56.20 (4.3%), wider than the 3.8% average of the previous 12 months. Gold closed higher on 8 of 21 trading days and lower on 13; the strongest session was 14 June 2018 (+0.55%) and the weakest 15 June 2018 (−2.25%).
That was the biggest monthly fall since November 2016. It was gold's 3rd monthly loss in a row. The −2.25% move on 15 June 2018 was the largest one-day fall of 2018.
How June 2018 compares
- Against other Junes: at −3.75%, June 2018 ranks 19th of 26 Junes since 2001 (best first).
- Against every month: it ranks 270th of 313 months since September 2000, better than 14% of them.
- Range: the gap between the highest and lowest close was $56.20, or 4.3% of the opening level, 1.1× the 3.8% average of the previous 12 months.
- Daily moves: the average day moved 0.34% (up or down), against 0.51% over the previous 12 months, so June 2018 was calmer than usual.
- Streaks: the longest run of higher closes was 2 days and the longest run of lower closes 4 days.
- Bigger picture: at the month-end close gold was −4.21% for 2018 to the end of June and +0.85% over 12 months (against the June 2017 close of $1,240.70).
- Average price: the mean of the 21 daily closes was $1,280.02; the World Bank's monthly average of the London (LBMA) price was $1,282.00.
Across the other 25 completed Junes since 2001, gold averaged −0.76% and rose in 11 of them (44%). June 2018 lagged that average by 3.0 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 2018 in today's dollars
Adjusted for US consumer-price inflation, the $1,251.30 closing price equals about $1,676 in September 2026 dollars (CPI 251.0 in June 2018 against 336.3 in September 2026, FRED series CPIAUCSL), 34% 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 2018
The gold price in 2018 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 2018?
Gold closed June 2018 at $1,251.30 an ounce (COMEX settlement). It opened the month at $1,294.80 and averaged $1,280.02 across 21 trading days; the World Bank’s London average for the month was $1,282.00.
Did gold go up in June 2018?
No. Gold was down 3.75% in June 2018, from $1,300.10 at the end of May 2018 to $1,251.30. It closed higher on 8 of 21 days. Among Junes since 2001 it ranks 19th of 26 (best first).
What was the highest gold price in June 2018?
The highest close was $1,304.00 on 14 June 2018. The highest intraday price in the daily bars was $1,307.70 on 14 June 2018.
What was the lowest gold price in June 2018?
The lowest close was $1,247.80 on 28 June 2018, $56.20 (4.3%) below the month’s highest close. The lowest intraday price was $1,244.80 on 28 June 2018.
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