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This page is a historical record of the gold price in 16 July 2013, not the current price.See today's gold price (11 September 2026)
Highest closing price since 21 June 2013
Gold closed at $1,290.80 per troy ounce on 16 July 2013, up $7.000 (0.55%) from the previous close of $1,283.80.
No earlier session that month closed above this level.
This close sat 31.66% 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 $1,591.20, making this a -18.88% move year on year.
Figures in this section are shown in USD, independent of the currency selected above.
Gold closed at $1,290.80 per troy ounce on 16 July 2013. That is $7.00 higher than the previous close of $1,283.80, a move of 0.55%.
The gold price rose on 16 July 2013, gaining $7.00 (0.55%) against the previous session's close of $1,283.80.
At $1,290.80 per troy ounce, one gram of pure gold was worth about $41.50 on 16 July 2013. A troy ounce is 31.1034768 grams.
Scrap value follows purity, so on 16 July 2013 18k gold was worth about $31.13 per gram and 14k about $24.21 per gram, against $41.50 for pure 24k. These are melt values before any dealer margin.
The gold-to-silver ratio closed at about 64.8 on 16 July 2013, meaning one ounce of gold was worth roughly 64.8 ounces of silver.
A week before 16 July 2013, gold was around $1,245.90 per troy ounce, so the close of $1,290.80 is a gain of 3.6% over the week.
A month before 16 July 2013, gold was around $1,387.30 per troy ounce, so the close of $1,290.80 is a loss of 7.0% over the month.
A year before 16 July 2013, gold was around $1,591.20 per troy ounce. The close of $1,290.80 therefore represents a fall of 18.9% over twelve months.
It closed 31.66% below the highest close on record up to that date, which was set on 2011-08-22.