Highest closing price since 1 May 2013
Gold closed at $1,312.40 per troy ounce on 1 July 2013, up $88.60 (7.24%) from the previous close of $1,223.80.
Notable session: moved more than 3% in a session.
Metal value only, before dealer margins and fabrication.
Twelve months earlier gold traded around $1,603.50, making this a -18.15% move year on year.
Figures in this section are shown in USD, independent of the currency selected above.
Gold closed at $1,312.40 per troy ounce on 1 July 2013. That is $88.60 higher than the previous close of $1,223.80, a move of 7.24%.
The gold price rose on 1 July 2013, gaining $88.60 (7.24%) against the previous session's close of $1,223.80.
At $1,312.40 per troy ounce, one gram of pure gold was worth about $42.19 on 1 July 2013. A troy ounce is 31.1034768 grams.
Scrap value follows purity, so on 1 July 2013 18k gold was worth about $31.65 per gram and 14k about $24.61 per gram, against $42.19 for pure 24k. These are melt values before any dealer margin.
The gold-to-silver ratio closed at about 66.9 on 1 July 2013, meaning one ounce of gold was worth roughly 66.9 ounces of silver.
A week before 1 July 2013, gold was around $1,223.80 per troy ounce, so the close of $1,312.40 is a gain of 7.2% over the week.
A month before 1 July 2013, gold was around $1,223.80 per troy ounce, so the close of $1,312.40 is a gain of 7.2% over the month.
A year before 1 July 2013, gold was around $1,603.50 per troy ounce. The close of $1,312.40 therefore represents a fall of 18.2% over twelve months.