Distance from the record
This close sat 30.76% 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 18 September 2013, not the current price.See today's gold price (11 September 2026)
Lowest closing price since 7 August 2013
Gold closed at $1,307.80 per troy ounce on 18 September 2013, down $1.700 (0.13%) from the previous close of $1,309.50.
Notable session: lowest close of the month.
Gold barely moved, closing within 0.13% of the previous session. Flat days are the majority of any price series and are most useful as the baseline the notable days are measured against.
This close sat 30.76% 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 $1,768.40, making this a -26.05% move year on year.
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Gold closed at $1,307.80 per troy ounce on 18 September 2013. That is $1.70 lower than the previous close of $1,309.50, a move of -0.13%.
The gold price fell on 18 September 2013, losing $1.70 (0.13%) against the previous session's close of $1,309.50.
At $1,307.80 per troy ounce, one gram of pure gold was worth about $42.05 on 18 September 2013. A troy ounce is 31.1034768 grams.
Scrap value follows purity, so on 18 September 2013 18k gold was worth about $31.54 per gram and 14k about $24.53 per gram, against $42.05 for pure 24k. These are melt values before any dealer margin.
The gold-to-silver ratio closed at about 60.8 on 18 September 2013, meaning one ounce of gold was worth roughly 60.8 ounces of silver.
A week before 18 September 2013, gold was around $1,363.90 per troy ounce, so the close of $1,307.80 is a loss of 4.1% over the week.
A year before 18 September 2013, gold was around $1,768.40 per troy ounce. The close of $1,307.80 therefore represents a fall of 26.0% over twelve months.
It closed 30.76% below the highest close on record up to that date, which was set on 2011-08-22.