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 2023, not the current price.See today's gold price (11 September 2026)
Highest closing price since 22 April 2022
Gold closed at $1,918.40 per troy ounce on 13 January 2023, up $22.90 (1.21%) from the previous close of $1,895.50.
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 6.49% below the highest gold close recorded up to that date, set on 2020-08-06.
Metal value only, before dealer margins and fabrication.
Twelve months earlier gold traded around $1,821.20, making this a +5.34% move year on year.
Figures in this section are shown in USD, independent of the currency selected above.
Gold closed at $1,918.40 per troy ounce on 13 January 2023. That is $22.90 higher than the previous close of $1,895.50, a move of 1.21%.
The gold price rose on 13 January 2023, gaining $22.90 (1.21%) against the previous session's close of $1,895.50.
At $1,918.40 per troy ounce, one gram of pure gold was worth about $61.68 on 13 January 2023. A troy ounce is 31.1034768 grams.
Scrap value follows purity, so on 13 January 2023 18k gold was worth about $46.26 per gram and 14k about $35.98 per gram, against $61.68 for pure 24k. These are melt values before any dealer margin.
The gold-to-silver ratio closed at about 79.2 on 13 January 2023, meaning one ounce of gold was worth roughly 79.2 ounces of silver.
A week before 13 January 2023, gold was around $1,864.20 per troy ounce, so the close of $1,918.40 is a gain of 2.9% over the week.
A month before 13 January 2023, gold was around $1,813.90 per troy ounce, so the close of $1,918.40 is a gain of 5.8% over the month.
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 6.49% below the highest close on record up to that date, which was set on 2020-08-06.
The most recent higher close was about 9 months earlier — 182 trading sessions before this one.