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This page is a historical record of the gold price in 23 August 2013, not the current price.See today's gold price (11 September 2026)
Highest closing price since 6 June 2013
Gold closed at $1,395.70 per troy ounce on 23 August 2013, up $24.50 (1.79%) from the previous close of $1,371.20.
No earlier session that month closed above this level.
This close sat 26.10% 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 $1,669.60, making this a -16.41% move year on year.
Figures in this section are shown in USD, independent of the currency selected above.
Gold closed at $1,395.70 per troy ounce on 23 August 2013. That is $24.50 higher than the previous close of $1,371.20, a move of 1.79%.
The gold price rose on 23 August 2013, gaining $24.50 (1.79%) against the previous session's close of $1,371.20.
At $1,395.70 per troy ounce, one gram of pure gold was worth about $44.87 on 23 August 2013. A troy ounce is 31.1034768 grams.
Scrap value follows purity, so on 23 August 2013 18k gold was worth about $33.65 per gram and 14k about $26.18 per gram, against $44.87 for pure 24k. These are melt values before any dealer margin.
The gold-to-silver ratio closed at about 58.8 on 23 August 2013, meaning one ounce of gold was worth roughly 58.8 ounces of silver.
A year before 23 August 2013, gold was around $1,669.60 per troy ounce. The close of $1,395.70 therefore represents a fall of 16.4% over twelve months.
It closed 26.10% below the highest close on record up to that date, which was set on 2011-08-22.