Distance from the record
This close sat 32.70% 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 12 November 2013, not the current price.See today's gold price (11 September 2026)
Lowest closing price since 1 November 2013
Gold closed at $1,271.10 per troy ounce on 12 November 2013, down $9.900 (0.77%) from the previous close of $1,281.00.
This close extended a run of 4 consecutive sessions of losses. Runs are more informative than any one day inside them: they show direction holding rather than a single session's noise.
This close sat 32.70% 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 $1,730.30, making this a -26.54% move year on year.
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Gold closed at $1,271.10 per troy ounce on 12 November 2013. That is $9.90 lower than the previous close of $1,281.00, a move of -0.77%.
The gold price fell on 12 November 2013, losing $9.90 (0.77%) against the previous session's close of $1,281.00.
At $1,271.10 per troy ounce, one gram of pure gold was worth about $40.87 on 12 November 2013. A troy ounce is 31.1034768 grams.
Scrap value follows purity, so on 12 November 2013 18k gold was worth about $30.65 per gram and 14k about $23.84 per gram, against $40.87 for pure 24k. These are melt values before any dealer margin.
The gold-to-silver ratio closed at about 61.2 on 12 November 2013, meaning one ounce of gold was worth roughly 61.2 ounces of silver.
A week before 12 November 2013, gold was around $1,308.00 per troy ounce, so the close of $1,271.10 is a loss of 2.8% over the week.
A year before 12 November 2013, gold was around $1,730.30 per troy ounce. The close of $1,271.10 therefore represents a fall of 26.5% over twelve months.
This close was session 4 of a consecutive run of losses. A run is counted by closes, so an intraday reversal that still closed in the same direction does not break it.
It closed 32.70% below the highest close on record up to that date, which was set on 2011-08-22.