Distance from the record
This close sat 3.57% below the highest gold close recorded up to that date, set on 2004-10-01.
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This page is a historical record of the gold price in 13 October 2004, not the current price.See today's gold price (11 September 2026)
Lowest closing price since 29 September 2004
Gold closed at $413.20 per troy ounce on 13 October 2004, down $1.900 (0.46%) from the previous close of $415.10.
Notable session: lowest close of the month.
This close extended a run of 3 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 3.57% below the highest gold close recorded up to that date, set on 2004-10-01.
Metal value only, before dealer margins and fabrication.
Twelve months earlier gold traded around $375.20, making this a +10.13% move year on year.
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Gold closed at $413.20 per troy ounce on 13 October 2004. That is $1.90 lower than the previous close of $415.10, a move of -0.46%.
The gold price fell on 13 October 2004, losing $1.90 (0.46%) against the previous session's close of $415.10.
At $413.20 per troy ounce, one gram of pure gold was worth about $13.28 on 13 October 2004. A troy ounce is 31.1034768 grams.
Scrap value follows purity, so on 13 October 2004 18k gold was worth about $9.96 per gram and 14k about $7.75 per gram, against $13.28 for pure 24k. These are melt values before any dealer margin.
The gold-to-silver ratio closed at about 60.1 on 13 October 2004, meaning one ounce of gold was worth roughly 60.1 ounces of silver.
This close was session 3 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 3.57% below the highest close on record up to that date, which was set on 2004-10-01.