Highest so far that month
No earlier session that month closed above this level.
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This page is a historical record of the gold price in 2 August 2013, not the current price.See today's gold price (11 September 2026)
Lowest closing price since 19 July 2013
Gold closed at $1,310.60 per troy ounce on 2 August 2013, down $1.800 (0.14%) from the previous close of $1,312.40.
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.
No earlier session that month closed above this level.
This close sat 30.61% 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 $1,587.40, making this a -17.44% move year on year.
Figures in this section are shown in USD, independent of the currency selected above.
Gold closed at $1,310.60 per troy ounce on 2 August 2013. That is $1.80 lower than the previous close of $1,312.40, a move of -0.14%.
The gold price fell on 2 August 2013, losing $1.80 (0.14%) against the previous session's close of $1,312.40.
At $1,310.60 per troy ounce, one gram of pure gold was worth about $42.14 on 2 August 2013. A troy ounce is 31.1034768 grams.
Scrap value follows purity, so on 2 August 2013 18k gold was worth about $31.60 per gram and 14k about $24.58 per gram, against $42.14 for pure 24k. These are melt values before any dealer margin.
The gold-to-silver ratio closed at about 65.8 on 2 August 2013, meaning one ounce of gold was worth roughly 65.8 ounces of silver.
A month before 2 August 2013, gold was around $1,243.60 per troy ounce, so the close of $1,310.60 is a gain of 5.4% over the month.
A year before 2 August 2013, gold was around $1,587.40 per troy ounce. The close of $1,310.60 therefore represents a fall of 17.4% 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 30.61% below the highest close on record up to that date, which was set on 2011-08-22.