Highest so far that week
This was the strongest close of the week up to that point.
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This page is a historical record of the gold price in 28 January 2013, not the current price.See today's gold price (11 September 2026)
Lowest closing price since 7 January 2013
Gold closed at $1,652.40 per troy ounce on 28 January 2013, down $4.000 (0.24%) from the previous close of $1,656.40.
This close extended a run of 4 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 was the strongest close of the week up to that point.
This close sat 12.51% 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 $1,731.80, making this a -4.58% move year on year.
Figures in this section are shown in USD, independent of the currency selected above.
Gold closed at $1,652.40 per troy ounce on 28 January 2013. That is $4.00 lower than the previous close of $1,656.40, a move of -0.24%.
The gold price fell on 28 January 2013, losing $4.00 (0.24%) against the previous session's close of $1,656.40.
At $1,652.40 per troy ounce, one gram of pure gold was worth about $53.13 on 28 January 2013. A troy ounce is 31.1034768 grams.
Scrap value follows purity, so on 28 January 2013 18k gold was worth about $39.84 per gram and 14k about $30.99 per gram, against $53.13 for pure 24k. These are melt values before any dealer margin.
The gold-to-silver ratio closed at about 53.7 on 28 January 2013, meaning one ounce of gold was worth roughly 53.7 ounces of silver.
A week before 28 January 2013, gold was around $1,686.60 per troy ounce, so the close of $1,652.40 is a loss of 2.0% over the week.
This close was session 4 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 12.51% below the highest close on record up to that date, which was set on 2011-08-22.