Distance from the record
This close sat 15.51% 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 26 March 2013, not the current price.See today's gold price (11 September 2026)
Lowest closing price since 15 March 2013
Gold closed at $1,595.80 per troy ounce on 26 March 2013, down $8.800 (0.55%) from the previous close of $1,604.60.
This close extended a run of 3 consecutive sessions of losses. Runs are more informative than any one day inside them: they show direction holding rather than a single session's noise.
This close sat 15.51% 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 $1,685.50, making this a -5.32% move year on year.
Figures in this section are shown in USD, independent of the currency selected above.
Gold closed at $1,595.80 per troy ounce on 26 March 2013. That is $8.80 lower than the previous close of $1,604.60, a move of -0.55%.
The gold price fell on 26 March 2013, losing $8.80 (0.55%) against the previous session's close of $1,604.60.
At $1,595.80 per troy ounce, one gram of pure gold was worth about $51.31 on 26 March 2013. A troy ounce is 31.1034768 grams.
Scrap value follows purity, so on 26 March 2013 18k gold was worth about $38.48 per gram and 14k about $29.93 per gram, against $51.31 for pure 24k. These are melt values before any dealer margin.
The gold-to-silver ratio closed at about 55.7 on 26 March 2013, meaning one ounce of gold was worth roughly 55.7 ounces of silver.
This close was session 3 of a consecutive run of losses. A run is counted by closes, so an intraday reversal that still closed in the same direction does not break it.
It closed 15.51% below the highest close on record up to that date, which was set on 2011-08-22.