Highest so far that year
At the time, no session earlier in the year had closed higher.
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This page is a historical record of the gold price in 23 January 2014, not the current price.See today's gold price (11 September 2026)
Highest closing price since 19 November 2013
Gold closed at $1,262.60 per troy ounce on 23 January 2014, up $23.60 (1.90%) from the previous close of $1,239.00.
Gold moved the opposite way to the session before it. Single-day reversals are common and usually mean little on their own — what matters is whether the next few sessions follow.
At the time, no session earlier in the year had closed higher.
This close sat 33.15% 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 $1,686.30, making this a -25.13% move year on year.
Figures in this section are shown in USD, independent of the currency selected above.
Gold closed at $1,262.60 per troy ounce on 23 January 2014. That is $23.60 higher than the previous close of $1,239.00, a move of 1.90%.
The gold price rose on 23 January 2014, gaining $23.60 (1.90%) against the previous session's close of $1,239.00.
At $1,262.60 per troy ounce, one gram of pure gold was worth about $40.59 on 23 January 2014. A troy ounce is 31.1034768 grams.
Scrap value follows purity, so on 23 January 2014 18k gold was worth about $30.45 per gram and 14k about $23.68 per gram, against $40.59 for pure 24k. These are melt values before any dealer margin.
The gold-to-silver ratio closed at about 63.2 on 23 January 2014, meaning one ounce of gold was worth roughly 63.2 ounces of silver.
A month before 23 January 2014, gold was around $1,198.40 per troy ounce, so the close of $1,262.60 is a gain of 5.4% over the month.
A year before 23 January 2014, gold was around $1,686.30 per troy ounce. The close of $1,262.60 therefore represents a fall of 25.1% over twelve months.
It closed 33.15% below the highest close on record up to that date, which was set on 2011-08-22.