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This close sat 20.46% 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 13 August 2019, not the current price.See today's gold price (11 September 2026)
Gold closed at $1,502.20 per troy ounce on 13 August 2019, down $3.100 (0.21%) from the previous close of $1,505.30.
This close sat 20.46% 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 $1,191.30, making this a +26.10% move year on year.
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Gold closed at $1,502.20 per troy ounce on 13 August 2019. That is $3.10 lower than the previous close of $1,505.30, a move of -0.21%.
The gold price fell on 13 August 2019, losing $3.10 (0.21%) against the previous session's close of $1,505.30.
At $1,502.20 per troy ounce, one gram of pure gold was worth about $48.30 on 13 August 2019. A troy ounce is 31.1034768 grams.
Scrap value follows purity, so on 13 August 2019 18k gold was worth about $36.22 per gram and 14k about $28.17 per gram, against $48.30 for pure 24k. These are melt values before any dealer margin.
The gold-to-silver ratio closed at about 88.6 on 13 August 2019, meaning one ounce of gold was worth roughly 88.6 ounces of silver.
A week before 13 August 2019, gold was around $1,472.40 per troy ounce, so the close of $1,502.20 is a gain of 2.0% over the week.
A month before 13 August 2019, gold was around $1,409.90 per troy ounce, so the close of $1,502.20 is a gain of 6.5% over the month.
A year before 13 August 2019, gold was around $1,191.30 per troy ounce. The close of $1,502.20 therefore represents a rise of 26.1% over twelve months.
It closed 20.46% below the highest close on record up to that date, which was set on 2011-08-22.