Highest so far that month
No earlier session that month closed above this level.
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This page is a historical record of the gold price in 27 August 2013, not the current price.See today's gold price (11 September 2026)
Highest closing price since 14 May 2013
Gold closed at $1,420.60 per troy ounce on 27 August 2013, up $27.60 (1.98%) from the previous close of $1,393.00.
Notable session: highest close of the month.
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.
No earlier session that month closed above this level.
This close sat 24.78% 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 $1,672.40, making this a -15.06% move year on year.
Figures in this section are shown in USD, independent of the currency selected above.
Gold closed at $1,420.60 per troy ounce on 27 August 2013. That is $27.60 higher than the previous close of $1,393.00, a move of 1.98%.
The gold price rose on 27 August 2013, gaining $27.60 (1.98%) against the previous session's close of $1,393.00.
At $1,420.60 per troy ounce, one gram of pure gold was worth about $45.67 on 27 August 2013. A troy ounce is 31.1034768 grams.
Scrap value follows purity, so on 27 August 2013 18k gold was worth about $34.26 per gram and 14k about $26.64 per gram, against $45.67 for pure 24k. These are melt values before any dealer margin.
The gold-to-silver ratio closed at about 57.6 on 27 August 2013, meaning one ounce of gold was worth roughly 57.6 ounces of silver.
A week before 27 August 2013, gold was around $1,373.10 per troy ounce, so the close of $1,420.60 is a gain of 3.5% over the week.
A month before 27 August 2013, gold was around $1,321.70 per troy ounce, so the close of $1,420.60 is a gain of 7.5% over the month.
A year before 27 August 2013, gold was around $1,672.40 per troy ounce. The close of $1,420.60 therefore represents a fall of 15.1% over twelve months.
It closed 24.78% below the highest close on record up to that date, which was set on 2011-08-22.
The most recent higher close was about 3 months earlier — 71 trading sessions before this one.