Highest so far that year
At the time, no session earlier in the year had closed higher.
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This page is a historical record of the gold price in 13 January 2014, not the current price.See today's gold price (11 September 2026)
Highest closing price since 11 December 2013
Gold closed at $1,250.90 per troy ounce on 13 January 2014, up $4.200 (0.34%) from the previous close of $1,246.70.
This close extended a run of 3 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.
At the time, no session earlier in the year had closed higher.
This close sat 33.77% 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 $1,660.00, making this a -24.64% move year on year.
Figures in this section are shown in USD, independent of the currency selected above.
Gold closed at $1,250.90 per troy ounce on 13 January 2014. That is $4.20 higher than the previous close of $1,246.70, a move of 0.34%.
The gold price rose on 13 January 2014, gaining $4.20 (0.34%) against the previous session's close of $1,246.70.
At $1,250.90 per troy ounce, one gram of pure gold was worth about $40.22 on 13 January 2014. A troy ounce is 31.1034768 grams.
Scrap value follows purity, so on 13 January 2014 18k gold was worth about $30.16 per gram and 14k about $23.46 per gram, against $40.22 for pure 24k. These are melt values before any dealer margin.
The gold-to-silver ratio closed at about 61.4 on 13 January 2014, meaning one ounce of gold was worth roughly 61.4 ounces of silver.
A year before 13 January 2014, gold was around $1,660.00 per troy ounce. The close of $1,250.90 therefore represents a fall of 24.6% over twelve months.
This close was session 3 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 33.77% below the highest close on record up to that date, which was set on 2011-08-22.