Gold price in 1977

Gold's full-year performance in US dollars per troy ounce, with the annual average, highest and lowest monthly averages, final reported month and month-by-month changes.

12 monthly averages · January 1977 to December 1977 · USD per troy ounce

Annual return
+19.40%
Annual average
$147.67
12 monthly averages
Lowest month
$132.00
January 1977
Highest month
$162.00
November 1977
December average
$160.00
December 1977
Range
+22.73%
lowest to highest month

What happened to gold in 1977

Gold rose 19.40% to $160.00 per troy ounce on a monthly-average basis. The year's monthly averages averaged $147.67, with the lowest at $132.00 in January 1977 and the highest at $162.00 in November 1977. March was the strongest month at +8.82%, while June was the weakest at −4.08%.

Gold price chart for 1977

Gold price in 1977 in US dollars per troy ounce
1977 Range $132.00–$162.00 1977

World Bank monthly averages in USD per troy ounce; no missing month is interpolated.

Gold price by month in 1977

Monthly change compares each monthly average with the preceding month's average. These values smooth daily movement and are not month-end closes or intraday highs and lows.

Month Monthly average Change
January $132.00 −1.49%
February $136.00 +3.03%
March $148.00 +8.82%
April $149.00 +0.68%
May $147.00 −1.34%
June $141.00 −4.08%
July $143.00 +1.42%
August $145.00 +1.40%
September $150.00 +3.45%
October $159.00 +6.00%
November $162.00 +1.89%
December $160.00 −1.23%
Source and definition

These are monthly values from the World Bank Commodity Price Data under CC BY 4.0. Gold is defined as the spot average of daily rates from June 2025; earlier values are averages of the London afternoon fixing. See the history methodology.

Past returns do not predict future performance and exclude transaction costs, storage, tax and currency effects outside USD. See the risk disclaimer.