Distance from the record
This close sat 36.51% below the highest gold close recorded up to that date, set on 2011-08-22.
This page is a historical record of the gold price in 13 November 2018, not the current price.See today's gold price (11 September 2026)
Lowest closing price since 10 October 2018
Gold closed at $1,199.20 per troy ounce on 13 November 2018, down $2.100 (0.17%) from the previous close of $1,201.30.
Notable session: lowest close of the month.
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 36.51% 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 $1,277.30, making this a -6.11% move year on year.
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Gold closed at $1,199.20 per troy ounce on 13 November 2018. That is $2.10 lower than the previous close of $1,201.30, a move of -0.17%.
The gold price fell on 13 November 2018, losing $2.10 (0.17%) against the previous session's close of $1,201.30.
At $1,199.20 per troy ounce, one gram of pure gold was worth about $38.56 on 13 November 2018. A troy ounce is 31.1034768 grams.
Scrap value follows purity, so on 13 November 2018 18k gold was worth about $28.92 per gram and 14k about $22.49 per gram, against $38.56 for pure 24k. These are melt values before any dealer margin.
The gold-to-silver ratio closed at about 86.0 on 13 November 2018, meaning one ounce of gold was worth roughly 86.0 ounces of silver.
A week before 13 November 2018, gold was around $1,223.80 per troy ounce, so the close of $1,199.20 is a loss of 2.0% over the week.
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 36.51% below the highest close on record up to that date, which was set on 2011-08-22.