Distance from the record
This close sat 14.89% 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 20 March 2013, not the current price.See today's gold price (11 September 2026)
Gold closed at $1,607.50 per troy ounce on 20 March 2013, down $3.800 (0.24%) from the previous close of $1,611.30.
This close sat 14.89% 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 $1,646.70, making this a -2.38% move year on year.
Figures in this section are shown in USD, independent of the currency selected above.
Gold closed at $1,607.50 per troy ounce on 20 March 2013. That is $3.80 lower than the previous close of $1,611.30, a move of -0.24%.
The gold price fell on 20 March 2013, losing $3.80 (0.24%) against the previous session's close of $1,611.30.
At $1,607.50 per troy ounce, one gram of pure gold was worth about $51.68 on 20 March 2013. A troy ounce is 31.1034768 grams.
Scrap value follows purity, so on 20 March 2013 18k gold was worth about $38.76 per gram and 14k about $30.15 per gram, against $51.68 for pure 24k. These are melt values before any dealer margin.
The gold-to-silver ratio closed at about 55.8 on 20 March 2013, meaning one ounce of gold was worth roughly 55.8 ounces of silver.
It closed 14.89% below the highest close on record up to that date, which was set on 2011-08-22.