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This page is a historical record of the gold price in 13 October 2021, not the current price.See today's gold price (11 September 2026)
Highest closing price since 14 September 2021
Gold closed at $1,793.70 per troy ounce on 13 October 2021, up $35.40 (2.01%) from the previous close of $1,758.30.
This was a 2.01% move in one session — well beyond a typical day for gold. Moves this size are usually a reaction to something specific rather than ordinary drift, so the surrounding news is worth checking alongside the number.
No earlier session that month closed above this level.
This close sat 12.57% 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 $1,888.50, making this a -5.02% move year on year.
Figures in this section are shown in USD, independent of the currency selected above.
Gold closed at $1,793.70 per troy ounce on 13 October 2021. That is $35.40 higher than the previous close of $1,758.30, a move of 2.01%.
The gold price rose on 13 October 2021, gaining $35.40 (2.01%) against the previous session's close of $1,758.30.
At $1,793.70 per troy ounce, one gram of pure gold was worth about $57.67 on 13 October 2021. A troy ounce is 31.1034768 grams.
Scrap value follows purity, so on 13 October 2021 18k gold was worth about $43.25 per gram and 14k about $33.64 per gram, against $57.67 for pure 24k. These are melt values before any dealer margin.
The gold-to-silver ratio closed at about 77.5 on 13 October 2021, meaning one ounce of gold was worth roughly 77.5 ounces of silver.
It closed 12.57% below the highest close on record up to that date, which was set on 2020-08-06.