Distance from the record
This close sat 28.98% 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 19 March 2014, not the current price.See today's gold price (11 September 2026)
Gold closed at $1,341.40 per troy ounce on 19 March 2014, down $17.60 (1.30%) from the previous close of $1,359.00.
This close extended a run of 3 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 28.98% 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 10 of 254 sessions.
Metal value only, before dealer margins and fabrication.
Twelve months earlier gold traded around $1,611.30, making this a -16.75% move year on year.
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Gold closed at $1,341.40 per troy ounce on 19 March 2014. That is $17.60 lower than the previous close of $1,359.00, a move of -1.30%.
The gold price fell on 19 March 2014, losing $17.60 (1.30%) against the previous session's close of $1,359.00.
At $1,341.40 per troy ounce, one gram of pure gold was worth about $43.13 on 19 March 2014. A troy ounce is 31.1034768 grams.
Scrap value follows purity, so on 19 March 2014 18k gold was worth about $32.35 per gram and 14k about $25.16 per gram, against $43.13 for pure 24k. These are melt values before any dealer margin.
The gold-to-silver ratio closed at about 64.5 on 19 March 2014, meaning one ounce of gold was worth roughly 64.5 ounces of silver.
A week before 19 March 2014, gold was around $1,370.30 per troy ounce, so the close of $1,341.40 is a loss of 2.1% over the week.
A year before 19 March 2014, gold was around $1,611.30 per troy ounce. The close of $1,341.40 therefore represents a fall of 16.8% over twelve months.
This close was session 3 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 28.98% below the highest close on record up to that date, which was set on 2011-08-22.