Distance from the record
This close sat 24.57% 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 14 May 2013, not the current price.See today's gold price (11 September 2026)
Lowest closing price since 24 April 2013
Gold closed at $1,424.70 per troy ounce on 14 May 2013, down $9.800 (0.68%) from the previous close of $1,434.50.
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 24.57% 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 $1,560.60, making this a -8.71% move year on year.
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Gold closed at $1,424.70 per troy ounce on 14 May 2013. That is $9.80 lower than the previous close of $1,434.50, a move of -0.68%.
The gold price fell on 14 May 2013, losing $9.80 (0.68%) against the previous session's close of $1,434.50.
At $1,424.70 per troy ounce, one gram of pure gold was worth about $45.81 on 14 May 2013. A troy ounce is 31.1034768 grams.
Scrap value follows purity, so on 14 May 2013 18k gold was worth about $34.35 per gram and 14k about $26.72 per gram, against $45.81 for pure 24k. These are melt values before any dealer margin.
The gold-to-silver ratio closed at about 61.0 on 14 May 2013, meaning one ounce of gold was worth roughly 61.0 ounces of silver.
A month before 14 May 2013, gold was around $1,501.00 per troy ounce, so the close of $1,424.70 is a loss of 5.1% over the month.
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 24.57% below the highest close on record up to that date, which was set on 2011-08-22.