Highest so far that year
At the time, no session earlier in the year had closed higher.
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This page is a historical record of the gold price in 17 January 2013, not the current price.See today's gold price (11 September 2026)
Highest closing price since 17 December 2012
Gold closed at $1,690.40 per troy ounce on 17 January 2013, up $7.700 (0.46%) from the previous close of $1,682.70.
At the time, no session earlier in the year had closed higher.
This close sat 10.50% below the highest gold close recorded up to that date, set on 2011-08-22.
One of the ten highest gold closes of that year, ranking 2 of 248 sessions.
Metal value only, before dealer margins and fabrication.
Twelve months earlier gold traded around $1,655.20, making this a +2.13% move year on year.
Figures in this section are shown in USD, independent of the currency selected above.
Gold closed at $1,690.40 per troy ounce on 17 January 2013. That is $7.70 higher than the previous close of $1,682.70, a move of 0.46%.
The gold price rose on 17 January 2013, gaining $7.70 (0.46%) against the previous session's close of $1,682.70.
At $1,690.40 per troy ounce, one gram of pure gold was worth about $54.35 on 17 January 2013. A troy ounce is 31.1034768 grams.
Scrap value follows purity, so on 17 January 2013 18k gold was worth about $40.76 per gram and 14k about $31.70 per gram, against $54.35 for pure 24k. These are melt values before any dealer margin.
The gold-to-silver ratio closed at about 53.2 on 17 January 2013, meaning one ounce of gold was worth roughly 53.2 ounces of silver.
It closed 10.50% below the highest close on record up to that date, which was set on 2011-08-22.