Distance from the record
This close sat 27.40% 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 22 August 2013, not the current price.See today's gold price (11 September 2026)
Gold closed at $1,371.20 per troy ounce on 22 August 2013, up $0.600 (0.04%) from the previous close of $1,370.60.
Gold barely moved, closing within 0.04% of the previous session. Flat days are the majority of any price series and are most useful as the baseline the notable days are measured against.
This close sat 27.40% 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 $1,637.40, making this a -16.26% move year on year.
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Gold closed at $1,371.20 per troy ounce on 22 August 2013. That is $0.60 higher than the previous close of $1,370.60, a move of 0.04%.
The gold price rose on 22 August 2013, gaining $0.60 (0.04%) against the previous session's close of $1,370.60.
At $1,371.20 per troy ounce, one gram of pure gold was worth about $44.09 on 22 August 2013. A troy ounce is 31.1034768 grams.
Scrap value follows purity, so on 22 August 2013 18k gold was worth about $33.06 per gram and 14k about $25.72 per gram, against $44.09 for pure 24k. These are melt values before any dealer margin.
The gold-to-silver ratio closed at about 59.5 on 22 August 2013, meaning one ounce of gold was worth roughly 59.5 ounces of silver.
A year before 22 August 2013, gold was around $1,637.40 per troy ounce. The close of $1,371.20 therefore represents a fall of 16.3% over twelve months.
It closed 27.40% below the highest close on record up to that date, which was set on 2011-08-22.