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No earlier session that month closed above this level.
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This page is a historical record of the gold price in 13 October 2017, not the current price.See today's gold price (11 September 2026)
Highest closing price since 25 September 2017
Gold closed at $1,301.50 per troy ounce on 13 October 2017, up $8.200 (0.63%) from the previous close of $1,293.30.
Notable session: highest close of the month.
No earlier session that month closed above this level.
This close sat 31.09% 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 $1,255.00, making this a +3.71% move year on year.
Figures in this section are shown in USD, independent of the currency selected above.
Gold closed at $1,301.50 per troy ounce on 13 October 2017. That is $8.20 higher than the previous close of $1,293.30, a move of 0.63%.
The gold price rose on 13 October 2017, gaining $8.20 (0.63%) against the previous session's close of $1,293.30.
At $1,301.50 per troy ounce, one gram of pure gold was worth about $41.84 on 13 October 2017. A troy ounce is 31.1034768 grams.
Scrap value follows purity, so on 13 October 2017 18k gold was worth about $31.38 per gram and 14k about $24.41 per gram, against $41.84 for pure 24k. These are melt values before any dealer margin.
The gold-to-silver ratio closed at about 75.0 on 13 October 2017, meaning one ounce of gold was worth roughly 75.0 ounces of silver.
A week before 13 October 2017, gold was around $1,271.60 per troy ounce, so the close of $1,301.50 is a gain of 2.4% over the week.
It closed 31.09% below the highest close on record up to that date, which was set on 2011-08-22.