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This page is a historical record of the gold price in 2 July 2013, not the current price.See today's gold price (11 September 2026)
Gold closed at $1,243.60 per troy ounce on 2 July 2013, up $19.80 (1.62%) from the previous close of $1,223.80.
No earlier session that month closed above this level.
This close sat 34.16% 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 $1,597.20, making this a -22.14% move year on year.
Figures in this section are shown in USD, independent of the currency selected above.
Gold closed at $1,243.60 per troy ounce on 2 July 2013. That is $19.80 higher than the previous close of $1,223.80, a move of 1.62%.
The gold price rose on 2 July 2013, gaining $19.80 (1.62%) against the previous session's close of $1,223.80.
At $1,243.60 per troy ounce, one gram of pure gold was worth about $39.98 on 2 July 2013. A troy ounce is 31.1034768 grams.
Scrap value follows purity, so on 2 July 2013 18k gold was worth about $29.99 per gram and 14k about $23.32 per gram, against $39.98 for pure 24k. These are melt values before any dealer margin.
The gold-to-silver ratio closed at about 64.4 on 2 July 2013, meaning one ounce of gold was worth roughly 64.4 ounces of silver.
A week before 2 July 2013, gold was around $1,274.80 per troy ounce, so the close of $1,243.60 is a loss of 2.4% over the week.
A month before 2 July 2013, gold was around $1,392.60 per troy ounce, so the close of $1,243.60 is a loss of 10.7% over the month.
A year before 2 July 2013, gold was around $1,597.20 per troy ounce. The close of $1,243.60 therefore represents a fall of 22.1% over twelve months.
It closed 34.16% below the highest close on record up to that date, which was set on 2011-08-22.