Distance from the record
This close sat 32.06% 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 6 August 2013, not the current price.See today's gold price (11 September 2026)
Lowest closing price since 17 July 2013
Gold closed at $1,283.20 per troy ounce on 6 August 2013, down $19.40 (1.49%) from the previous close of $1,302.60.
Notable session: lowest close of the month.
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 32.06% 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 $1,612.90, making this a -20.44% move year on year.
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Gold closed at $1,283.20 per troy ounce on 6 August 2013. That is $19.40 lower than the previous close of $1,302.60, a move of -1.49%.
The gold price fell on 6 August 2013, losing $19.40 (1.49%) against the previous session's close of $1,302.60.
At $1,283.20 per troy ounce, one gram of pure gold was worth about $41.26 on 6 August 2013. A troy ounce is 31.1034768 grams.
Scrap value follows purity, so on 6 August 2013 18k gold was worth about $30.94 per gram and 14k about $24.07 per gram, against $41.26 for pure 24k. These are melt values before any dealer margin.
The gold-to-silver ratio closed at about 65.8 on 6 August 2013, meaning one ounce of gold was worth roughly 65.8 ounces of silver.
A week before 6 August 2013, gold was around $1,324.00 per troy ounce, so the close of $1,283.20 is a loss of 3.1% over the week.
A month before 6 August 2013, gold was around $1,212.90 per troy ounce, so the close of $1,283.20 is a gain of 5.8% over the month.
A year before 6 August 2013, gold was around $1,612.90 per troy ounce. The close of $1,283.20 therefore represents a fall of 20.4% 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 32.06% below the highest close on record up to that date, which was set on 2011-08-22.