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Highest closing price since 1 April 2013
Gold closed at $1,396.10 per troy ounce on 1 August 2013, up $83.70 (6.38%) from the previous close of $1,312.40.
Notable session: moved more than 3% in a session.
Metal value only, before dealer margins and fabrication.
Twelve months earlier gold traded around $1,684.60, making this a -17.13% move year on year.
Figures in this section are shown in USD, independent of the currency selected above.
Gold closed at $1,396.10 per troy ounce on 1 August 2013. That is $83.70 higher than the previous close of $1,312.40, a move of 6.38%.
The gold price rose on 1 August 2013, gaining $83.70 (6.38%) against the previous session's close of $1,312.40.
At $1,396.10 per troy ounce, one gram of pure gold was worth about $44.89 on 1 August 2013. A troy ounce is 31.1034768 grams.
Scrap value follows purity, so on 1 August 2013 18k gold was worth about $33.66 per gram and 14k about $26.18 per gram, against $44.89 for pure 24k. These are melt values before any dealer margin.
The gold-to-silver ratio closed at about 59.5 on 1 August 2013, meaning one ounce of gold was worth roughly 59.5 ounces of silver.
A week before 1 August 2013, gold was around $1,312.40 per troy ounce, so the close of $1,396.10 is a gain of 6.4% over the week.
A month before 1 August 2013, gold was around $1,312.40 per troy ounce, so the close of $1,396.10 is a gain of 6.4% over the month.
A year before 1 August 2013, gold was around $1,684.60 per troy ounce. The close of $1,396.10 therefore represents a fall of 17.1% over twelve months.