Distance from the record
This close sat 28.05% below the highest gold close recorded up to that date, set on 2011-08-22.
This page is a historical record of the gold price in 18 March 2014, not the current price.See today's gold price (11 September 2026)
Gold closed at $1,359.00 per troy ounce on 18 March 2014, down $13.90 (1.01%) from the previous close of $1,372.90.
This close sat 28.05% 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 5 of 254 sessions.
Metal value only, before dealer margins and fabrication.
Twelve months earlier gold traded around $1,604.60, making this a -15.31% move year on year.
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Gold closed at $1,359.00 per troy ounce on 18 March 2014. That is $13.90 lower than the previous close of $1,372.90, a move of -1.01%.
The gold price fell on 18 March 2014, losing $13.90 (1.01%) against the previous session's close of $1,372.90.
At $1,359.00 per troy ounce, one gram of pure gold was worth about $43.69 on 18 March 2014. A troy ounce is 31.1034768 grams.
Scrap value follows purity, so on 18 March 2014 18k gold was worth about $32.77 per gram and 14k about $25.49 per gram, against $43.69 for pure 24k. These are melt values before any dealer margin.
The gold-to-silver ratio closed at about 65.2 on 18 March 2014, meaning one ounce of gold was worth roughly 65.2 ounces of silver.
A year before 18 March 2014, gold was around $1,604.60 per troy ounce. The close of $1,359.00 therefore represents a fall of 15.3% over twelve months.
It closed 28.05% below the highest close on record up to that date, which was set on 2011-08-22.