Gold price in July 2024: daily prices, high, low and change
Gold closed July 2024 at $2,426.50 an ounce, up 3.71% on the month. The highest close was $2,467.80 on 16 Jul and the lowest $2,333.40 on 2 Jul. Every trading day below, with ranks and context computed from COMEX data.
Gold price chart, July 2024 (daily close and high-low range, US$ per ounce)
Gold line = daily settlement; bars = intraday high to low where available; dashed line = June 2024 close ($2,339.60); larger dots = new all-time-high closes.
Daily gold prices in July 2024 (22 trading days)
| Date | Open | High | Low | Close | Change | % change |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Mon 1 Jul | $2,336.20 | $2,348.80 | $2,328.20 | $2,338.90 | −$0.70 | −0.03% |
| Tue 2 Jul | $2,341.60 | $2,346.10 | $2,327.40 | $2,333.40 | −$5.50 | −0.24% |
| Wed 3 Jul | $2,338.60 | $2,374.50 | $2,335.70 | $2,369.40 | +$36.00 | +1.54% |
| Fri 5 Jul | $2,365.80 | $2,401.50 | $2,356.00 | $2,397.70 | +$28.30 | +1.19% |
| Mon 8 Jul | $2,396.20 | $2,399.30 | $2,358.30 | $2,363.50 | −$34.20 | −1.43% |
| Tue 9 Jul | $2,366.50 | $2,378.30 | $2,356.00 | $2,367.90 | +$4.40 | +0.19% |
| Wed 10 Jul | $2,371.00 | $2,393.40 | $2,369.70 | $2,379.70 | +$11.80 | +0.50% |
| Thu 11 Jul best day | $2,377.40 | $2,430.40 | $2,376.80 | $2,421.90 | +$42.20 | +1.77% |
| Fri 12 Jul | $2,421.00 | $2,423.20 | $2,396.10 | $2,420.70 | −$1.20 | −0.05% |
| Mon 15 Jul | $2,419.30 | $2,445.00 | $2,406.10 | $2,428.90 | +$8.20 | +0.34% |
| Tue 16 Jul ATH | $2,427.10 | $2,474.50 | $2,424.50 | $2,467.80 | +$38.90 | +1.60% |
| Wed 17 Jul | $2,473.20 | $2,488.40 | $2,455.50 | $2,459.90 | −$7.90 | −0.32% |
| Thu 18 Jul | $2,462.50 | $2,478.50 | $2,442.90 | $2,456.40 | −$3.50 | −0.14% |
| Fri 19 Jul | $2,448.00 | $2,448.40 | $2,395.70 | $2,399.10 | −$57.30 | −2.33% |
| Mon 22 Jul | $2,403.70 | $2,414.40 | $2,385.20 | $2,394.70 | −$4.40 | −0.18% |
| Tue 23 Jul | $2,398.00 | $2,413.50 | $2,389.20 | $2,407.30 | +$12.60 | +0.53% |
| Wed 24 Jul | $2,410.70 | $2,433.00 | $2,397.00 | $2,415.70 | +$8.40 | +0.35% |
| Thu 25 Jul worst day | $2,398.10 | $2,400.80 | $2,351.90 | $2,353.50 | −$62.20 | −2.57% |
| Fri 26 Jul | $2,363.80 | $2,389.70 | $2,354.60 | $2,381.00 | +$27.50 | +1.17% |
| Mon 29 Jul | $2,386.90 | $2,402.10 | $2,367.30 | $2,377.80 | −$3.20 | −0.13% |
| Tue 30 Jul | $2,380.90 | $2,409.30 | $2,373.80 | $2,405.00 | +$27.20 | +1.14% |
| Wed 31 Jul | $2,407.10 | $2,447.60 | $2,402.80 | $2,426.50 | +$21.50 | +0.89% |
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
| July 2024 | Open | High | Low | Close | Change |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Settlements | $2,338.90 | $2,467.80 | $2,333.40 | $2,426.50 | +3.71% |
| Intraday | $2,336.20 | $2,488.40 17 Jul | $2,327.40 2 Jul | $2,426.50 | — |
Settlements: first, highest, lowest and last daily close of the month (the basis used on the 2024 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 2024: summary
Gold advanced 3.71% in July 2024, settling the month at $2,426.50 an ounce against $2,339.60 at the end of June 2024. Gold closed higher on 12 of 22 trading days and lower on 10; the strongest session was 11 July 2024 (+1.77%) and the weakest 25 July 2024 (−2.57%). Settlement prices ranged from $2,333.40 on 2 July 2024 to $2,467.80 on 16 July 2024, a spread of $134.40 (5.7%), wider than the 5.0% average of the previous 12 months.
Gold set 1 new all-time-high close in July 2024, the highest at $2,467.80 on 16 July 2024. It was gold's 6th monthly gain in a row.
How July 2024 compares
- Against other Julys: at +3.71%, July 2024 ranks 4th of 26 Julys since 2001 (best first).
- Against every month: it ranks 83rd of 313 months since September 2000, better than 74% of them.
- Range: the gap between the highest and lowest close was $134.40, or 5.7% of the opening level, 1.2× the 5.0% average of the previous 12 months.
- Daily moves: the average day moved 0.85% (up or down), against 0.64% over the previous 12 months, so July 2024 was more volatile than usual.
- Streaks: the longest run of higher closes was 3 days and the longest run of lower closes 4 days.
- Bigger picture: at the month-end close gold was +17.12% for 2024 to the end of July and +23.14% over 12 months (against the July 2023 close of $1,970.50).
- Average price: the mean of the 22 daily closes was $2,398.49; the World Bank's monthly average of the London (LBMA) price was $2,398.00.
Across the other 25 completed Julys since 2001, gold averaged +0.82% and rose in 14 of them (56%). July 2024 beat that average by 2.9 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 2024 in today's dollars
Adjusted for US consumer-price inflation, the $2,426.50 closing price equals about $2,602 in September 2026 dollars (CPI 313.6 in July 2024 against 336.3 in September 2026, FRED series CPIAUCSL), 7% 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 2024
The gold price in 2024 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 2024?
Gold closed July 2024 at $2,426.50 an ounce (COMEX settlement). It opened the month at $2,338.90 and averaged $2,398.49 across 22 trading days; the World Bank’s London average for the month was $2,398.00.
Did gold go up in July 2024?
Yes. Gold was up 3.71% in July 2024, from $2,339.60 at the end of June 2024 to $2,426.50. It closed higher on 12 of 22 days. Among Julys since 2001 it ranks 4th of 26 (best first).
What was the highest gold price in July 2024?
The highest close was $2,467.80 on 16 July 2024. The highest intraday price in the daily bars was $2,488.40 on 17 July 2024. It was a new all-time-high close.
What was the lowest gold price in July 2024?
The lowest close was $2,333.40 on 2 July 2024, $134.40 (5.7%) below the month’s highest close. The lowest intraday price was $2,327.40 on 2 July 2024.
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