Distance from the record
This close sat 33.37% below the highest gold close recorded up to that date, set on 2011-08-22.
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This page is a historical record of the gold price in 11 December 2013, not the current price.See today's gold price (11 September 2026)
Gold closed at $1,258.50 per troy ounce on 11 December 2013, down $3.900 (0.31%) from the previous close of $1,262.40.
This close sat 33.37% below the highest gold close recorded up to that date, set on 2011-08-22.
Metal value only, before dealer margins and fabrication.
Twelve months earlier gold traded around $1,708.20, making this a -26.33% move year on year.
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Gold closed at $1,258.50 per troy ounce on 11 December 2013. That is $3.90 lower than the previous close of $1,262.40, a move of -0.31%.
The gold price fell on 11 December 2013, losing $3.90 (0.31%) against the previous session's close of $1,262.40.
At $1,258.50 per troy ounce, one gram of pure gold was worth about $40.46 on 11 December 2013. A troy ounce is 31.1034768 grams.
Scrap value follows purity, so on 11 December 2013 18k gold was worth about $30.35 per gram and 14k about $23.60 per gram, against $40.46 for pure 24k. These are melt values before any dealer margin.
The gold-to-silver ratio closed at about 62.0 on 11 December 2013, meaning one ounce of gold was worth roughly 62.0 ounces of silver.
A year before 11 December 2013, gold was around $1,708.20 per troy ounce. The close of $1,258.50 therefore represents a fall of 26.3% over twelve months.
It closed 33.37% below the highest close on record up to that date, which was set on 2011-08-22.