Distance from the record
This close sat 22.47% 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 May 2013, not the current price.See today's gold price (11 September 2026)
Gold closed at $1,464.30 per troy ounce on 3 May 2013, down $3.400 (0.23%) from the previous close of $1,467.70.
This close sat 22.47% 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 $1,634.20, making this a -10.40% move year on year.
Figures in this section are shown in USD, independent of the currency selected above.
Gold closed at $1,464.30 per troy ounce on 3 May 2013. That is $3.40 lower than the previous close of $1,467.70, a move of -0.23%.
The gold price fell on 3 May 2013, losing $3.40 (0.23%) against the previous session's close of $1,467.70.
At $1,464.30 per troy ounce, one gram of pure gold was worth about $47.08 on 3 May 2013. A troy ounce is 31.1034768 grams.
Scrap value follows purity, so on 3 May 2013 18k gold was worth about $35.31 per gram and 14k about $27.46 per gram, against $47.08 for pure 24k. These are melt values before any dealer margin.
The gold-to-silver ratio closed at about 61.1 on 3 May 2013, meaning one ounce of gold was worth roughly 61.1 ounces of silver.
A month before 3 May 2013, gold was around $1,552.80 per troy ounce, so the close of $1,464.30 is a loss of 5.7% over the month.
It closed 22.47% below the highest close on record up to that date, which was set on 2011-08-22.