Distance from the record
This close sat 35.32% 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 3 December 2013, not the current price.See today's gold price (11 September 2026)
Lowest closing price since 5 July 2013
Gold closed at $1,221.70 per troy ounce on 3 December 2013, down $0.600 (0.05%) from the previous close of $1,222.30.
Gold barely moved, closing within 0.05% of the previous session. Flat days are the majority of any price series and are most useful as the baseline the notable days are measured against.
This close sat 35.32% 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 $1,719.60, making this a -28.95% move year on year.
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Gold closed at $1,221.70 per troy ounce on 3 December 2013. That is $0.60 lower than the previous close of $1,222.30, a move of -0.05%.
The gold price fell on 3 December 2013, losing $0.60 (0.05%) against the previous session's close of $1,222.30.
At $1,221.70 per troy ounce, one gram of pure gold was worth about $39.28 on 3 December 2013. A troy ounce is 31.1034768 grams.
Scrap value follows purity, so on 3 December 2013 18k gold was worth about $29.46 per gram and 14k about $22.91 per gram, against $39.28 for pure 24k. These are melt values before any dealer margin.
The gold-to-silver ratio closed at about 64.3 on 3 December 2013, meaning one ounce of gold was worth roughly 64.3 ounces of silver.
A year before 3 December 2013, gold was around $1,719.60 per troy ounce. The close of $1,221.70 therefore represents a fall of 29.0% over twelve months.
It closed 35.32% below the highest close on record up to that date, which was set on 2011-08-22.