Distance from the record
This close sat 30.66% 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 4 October 2013, not the current price.See today's gold price (11 September 2026)
Lowest closing price since 18 September 2013
Gold closed at $1,309.70 per troy ounce on 4 October 2013, down $7.700 (0.58%) from the previous close of $1,317.40.
This close extended a run of 5 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 30.66% 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 $1,794.10, making this a -27.00% move year on year.
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Gold closed at $1,309.70 per troy ounce on 4 October 2013. That is $7.70 lower than the previous close of $1,317.40, a move of -0.58%.
The gold price fell on 4 October 2013, losing $7.70 (0.58%) against the previous session's close of $1,317.40.
At $1,309.70 per troy ounce, one gram of pure gold was worth about $42.11 on 4 October 2013. A troy ounce is 31.1034768 grams.
Scrap value follows purity, so on 4 October 2013 18k gold was worth about $31.58 per gram and 14k about $24.56 per gram, against $42.11 for pure 24k. These are melt values before any dealer margin.
The gold-to-silver ratio closed at about 60.3 on 4 October 2013, meaning one ounce of gold was worth roughly 60.3 ounces of silver.
A week before 4 October 2013, gold was around $1,338.40 per troy ounce, so the close of $1,309.70 is a loss of 2.1% over the week.
A month before 4 October 2013, gold was around $1,389.90 per troy ounce, so the close of $1,309.70 is a loss of 5.8% over the month.
A year before 4 October 2013, gold was around $1,794.10 per troy ounce. The close of $1,309.70 therefore represents a fall of 27.0% over twelve months.
This close was session 5 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 30.66% below the highest close on record up to that date, which was set on 2011-08-22.