Distance from the record
This close sat 27.73% 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 17 May 2013, not the current price.See today's gold price (11 September 2026)
Lowest closing price since 15 April 2013
Gold closed at $1,364.90 per troy ounce on 17 May 2013, down $22.20 (1.60%) from the previous close of $1,387.10.
Notable session: lowest close of the month.
This close extended a run of 7 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 27.73% 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 $1,574.50, making this a -13.31% move year on year.
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Gold closed at $1,364.90 per troy ounce on 17 May 2013. That is $22.20 lower than the previous close of $1,387.10, a move of -1.60%.
The gold price fell on 17 May 2013, losing $22.20 (1.60%) against the previous session's close of $1,387.10.
At $1,364.90 per troy ounce, one gram of pure gold was worth about $43.88 on 17 May 2013. A troy ounce is 31.1034768 grams.
Scrap value follows purity, so on 17 May 2013 18k gold was worth about $32.91 per gram and 14k about $25.60 per gram, against $43.88 for pure 24k. These are melt values before any dealer margin.
The gold-to-silver ratio closed at about 61.1 on 17 May 2013, meaning one ounce of gold was worth roughly 61.1 ounces of silver.
A week before 17 May 2013, gold was around $1,436.80 per troy ounce, so the close of $1,364.90 is a loss of 5.0% over the week.
A year before 17 May 2013, gold was around $1,574.50 per troy ounce. The close of $1,364.90 therefore represents a fall of 13.3% over twelve months.
This close was session 7 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 27.73% below the highest close on record up to that date, which was set on 2011-08-22.