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This page is a historical record of the gold price in 2 December 2013, not the current price.See today's gold price (11 September 2026)
Lowest closing price since 5 July 2013
Gold closed at $1,222.30 per troy ounce on 2 December 2013, down $28.30 (2.26%) from the previous close of $1,250.60.
Gold lost 2.26% in one session, far more than a normal day's range. Falls this size rarely happen in isolation — the days on either side give the move its context.
No earlier session that month closed above this level.
This close sat 35.28% 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 $1,710.90, making this a -28.56% move year on year.
Figures in this section are shown in USD, independent of the currency selected above.
Gold closed at $1,222.30 per troy ounce on 2 December 2013. That is $28.30 lower than the previous close of $1,250.60, a move of -2.26%.
The gold price fell on 2 December 2013, losing $28.30 (2.26%) against the previous session's close of $1,250.60.
At $1,222.30 per troy ounce, one gram of pure gold was worth about $39.30 on 2 December 2013. A troy ounce is 31.1034768 grams.
Scrap value follows purity, so on 2 December 2013 18k gold was worth about $29.47 per gram and 14k about $22.92 per gram, against $39.30 for pure 24k. These are melt values before any dealer margin.
The gold-to-silver ratio closed at about 63.6 on 2 December 2013, meaning one ounce of gold was worth roughly 63.6 ounces of silver.
A year before 2 December 2013, gold was around $1,710.90 per troy ounce. The close of $1,222.30 therefore represents a fall of 28.6% over twelve months.
It closed 35.28% below the highest close on record up to that date, which was set on 2011-08-22.