Gold price in January 2019: daily prices, high, low and change
Gold closed January 2019 at $1,319.70 an ounce, up 3.24% on the month. The highest close was $1,319.70 on 31 Jan and the lowest $1,279.10 on 24 Jan. Every trading day below, with ranks and context computed from COMEX data.
Gold price chart, January 2019 (daily close and high-low range, US$ per ounce)
Gold line = daily settlement; bars = intraday high to low where available; dashed line = December 2018 close ($1,278.30).
Daily gold prices in January 2019 (21 trading days)
| Date | Open | High | Low | Close | Change | % change |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Wed 2 Jan | $1,286.00 | $1,286.00 | $1,277.60 | $1,281.00 | +$2.70 | +0.21% |
| Thu 3 Jan | $1,286.80 | $1,292.00 | $1,286.70 | $1,291.80 | +$10.80 | +0.84% |
| Fri 4 Jan | $1,294.20 | $1,294.20 | $1,275.30 | $1,282.70 | −$9.10 | −0.70% |
| Mon 7 Jan | $1,286.80 | $1,286.80 | $1,286.60 | $1,286.80 | +$4.10 | +0.32% |
| Tue 8 Jan | $1,280.50 | $1,283.20 | $1,278.20 | $1,283.20 | −$3.60 | −0.28% |
| Wed 9 Jan | $1,279.40 | $1,289.30 | $1,279.20 | $1,289.30 | +$6.10 | +0.48% |
| Thu 10 Jan | — | — | — | $1,284.70 | −$4.60 | −0.36% |
| Fri 11 Jan | $1,291.20 | $1,291.20 | $1,286.30 | $1,287.10 | +$2.40 | +0.19% |
| Mon 14 Jan | $1,292.40 | $1,293.90 | $1,289.10 | $1,289.10 | +$2.00 | +0.16% |
| Tue 15 Jan | $1,290.10 | $1,292.70 | $1,286.20 | $1,286.20 | −$2.90 | −0.22% |
| Wed 16 Jan | — | — | — | $1,291.60 | +$5.40 | +0.42% |
| Thu 17 Jan | $1,291.60 | $1,292.70 | $1,288.50 | $1,291.00 | −$0.60 | −0.05% |
| Fri 18 Jan worst day | — | — | — | $1,281.30 | −$9.70 | −0.75% |
| Tue 22 Jan | $1,282.50 | $1,283.30 | $1,282.50 | $1,282.50 | +$1.20 | +0.09% |
| Wed 23 Jan | $1,281.70 | $1,283.90 | $1,278.70 | $1,283.10 | +$0.60 | +0.05% |
| Thu 24 Jan | $1,279.10 | $1,279.10 | $1,278.50 | $1,279.10 | −$4.00 | −0.31% |
| Fri 25 Jan best day | — | — | — | $1,297.40 | +$18.30 | +1.43% |
| Mon 28 Jan | $1,300.80 | $1,307.10 | $1,298.40 | $1,302.40 | +$5.00 | +0.39% |
| Tue 29 Jan | — | — | — | $1,308.20 | +$5.80 | +0.45% |
| Wed 30 Jan | $1,310.40 | $1,323.40 | $1,308.10 | $1,309.90 | +$1.70 | +0.13% |
| Thu 31 Jan | $1,320.00 | $1,325.40 | $1,316.70 | $1,319.70 | +$9.80 | +0.75% |
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 5 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
| January 2019 | Open | High | Low | Close | Change |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Settlements | $1,281.00 | $1,319.70 | $1,279.10 | $1,319.70 | +3.24% |
Settlements: first, highest, lowest and last daily close of the month (the basis used on the 2019 page and the monthly returns heatmap). Intraday highs and lows are not shown because the source lacks usable intraday data for part of this month.
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 January 2019: summary
Gold rose 3.24% in January 2019, from $1,278.30 at the end of December 2018 to $1,319.70 an ounce. Settlement prices ranged from $1,279.10 on 24 January 2019 to $1,319.70 on 31 January 2019, a spread of $40.60 (3.2%), narrower than the 3.3% average of the previous 12 months. Gold closed higher on 14 of 21 trading days and lower on 7; the strongest session was 25 January 2019 (+1.43%) and the weakest 18 January 2019 (−0.75%).
It was gold's 4th monthly gain in a row.
How January 2019 compares
- Against other Januaries: at +3.24%, January 2019 ranks 13th of 26 Januaries since 2001 (best first).
- Against every month: it ranks 93rd of 313 months since September 2000, better than 71% of them.
- Range: the gap between the highest and lowest close was $40.60, or 3.2% of the opening level, 0.9× the 3.3% average of the previous 12 months.
- Daily moves: the average day moved 0.41% (up or down), against 0.48% over the previous 12 months, so January 2019 was calmer than usual.
- Streaks: the longest run of higher closes was 5 days and the longest run of lower closes 2 days.
- Bigger picture: at the month-end close gold was −1.44% over 12 months (against the January 2018 close of $1,339.00).
- Average price: the mean of the 21 daily closes was $1,290.86; the World Bank's monthly average of the London (LBMA) price was $1,292.00.
Across the other 25 completed Januaries since 2001, gold averaged +2.94% and rose in 16 of them (64%). January 2019 beat that average by 0.3 percentage points. The gold seasonality tool shows the same statistics for every calendar month, and the monthly returns heatmap lays out all Januaries side by side.
January 2019 in today's dollars
Adjusted for US consumer-price inflation, the $1,319.70 closing price equals about $1,757 in September 2026 dollars (CPI 252.6 in January 2019 against 336.3 in September 2026, FRED series CPIAUCSL), 33% 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 2019
The gold price in 2019 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 January 2019?
Gold closed January 2019 at $1,319.70 an ounce (COMEX settlement). It opened the month at $1,281.00 and averaged $1,290.86 across 21 trading days; the World Bank’s London average for the month was $1,292.00.
Did gold go up in January 2019?
Yes. Gold was up 3.24% in January 2019, from $1,278.30 at the end of December 2018 to $1,319.70. It closed higher on 14 of 21 days. Among Januaries since 2001 it ranks 13th of 26 (best first).
What was the highest gold price in January 2019?
The highest close was $1,319.70 on 31 January 2019.
What was the lowest gold price in January 2019?
The lowest close was $1,279.10 on 24 January 2019, $40.60 (3.2%) below the month’s highest close.
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