Highest so far that week
This was the strongest close of the week up to that point.
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This page is a historical record of the gold price in 12 March 2013, not the current price.See today's gold price (11 September 2026)
Highest closing price since 1 March 2013
Gold closed at $1,591.50 per troy ounce on 12 March 2013, up $13.70 (0.87%) from the previous close of $1,577.80.
This close extended a run of 4 consecutive sessions of gains. Runs are more informative than any one day inside them: they show direction holding rather than a single session's noise.
This was the strongest close of the week up to that point.
This close sat 15.74% 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 $1,699.20, making this a -6.34% move year on year.
Figures in this section are shown in USD, independent of the currency selected above.
Gold closed at $1,591.50 per troy ounce on 12 March 2013. That is $13.70 higher than the previous close of $1,577.80, a move of 0.87%.
The gold price rose on 12 March 2013, gaining $13.70 (0.87%) against the previous session's close of $1,577.80.
At $1,591.50 per troy ounce, one gram of pure gold was worth about $51.17 on 12 March 2013. A troy ounce is 31.1034768 grams.
Scrap value follows purity, so on 12 March 2013 18k gold was worth about $38.38 per gram and 14k about $29.85 per gram, against $51.17 for pure 24k. These are melt values before any dealer margin.
The gold-to-silver ratio closed at about 54.6 on 12 March 2013, meaning one ounce of gold was worth roughly 54.6 ounces of silver.
This close was session 4 of a consecutive run of gains. A run is counted by closes, so an intraday reversal that still closed in the same direction does not break it.
It closed 15.74% below the highest close on record up to that date, which was set on 2011-08-22.