Distance from the record
This close sat 30.16% below the highest gold close recorded up to that date, set on 2011-08-22.
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This page is a historical record of the gold price in 13 September 2016, not the current price.See today's gold price (11 September 2026)
Lowest closing price since 1 September 2016
Gold closed at $1,319.00 per troy ounce on 13 September 2016, down $2.000 (0.15%) from the previous close of $1,321.00.
This close extended a run of 5 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 30.16% 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 $1,103.50, making this a +19.53% move year on year.
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Gold closed at $1,319.00 per troy ounce on 13 September 2016. That is $2.00 lower than the previous close of $1,321.00, a move of -0.15%.
The gold price fell on 13 September 2016, losing $2.00 (0.15%) against the previous session's close of $1,321.00.
At $1,319.00 per troy ounce, one gram of pure gold was worth about $42.41 on 13 September 2016. A troy ounce is 31.1034768 grams.
Scrap value follows purity, so on 13 September 2016 18k gold was worth about $31.81 per gram and 14k about $24.74 per gram, against $42.41 for pure 24k. These are melt values before any dealer margin.
The gold-to-silver ratio closed at about 69.8 on 13 September 2016, meaning one ounce of gold was worth roughly 69.8 ounces of silver.
A week before 13 September 2016, gold was around $1,349.40 per troy ounce, so the close of $1,319.00 is a loss of 2.3% over the week.
A year before 13 September 2016, gold was around $1,103.50 per troy ounce. The close of $1,319.00 therefore represents a rise of 19.5% over twelve months.
This close was session 5 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 30.16% below the highest close on record up to that date, which was set on 2011-08-22.