Distance from the record
This close sat 16.63% below the highest gold close recorded up to that date, set on 2011-08-22.
This page is a historical record of the gold price in 6 March 2013, not the current price.See today's gold price (11 September 2026)
Gold closed at $1,574.60 per troy ounce on 6 March 2013, unchanged from the previous close of $1,574.60.
Gold barely moved, closing within 0.00% 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 16.63% 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 $1,671.40, making this a -5.79% move year on year.
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Gold closed at $1,574.60 per troy ounce on 6 March 2013. That is $0.00 higher than the previous close of $1,574.60, a move of 0.00%.
The gold price was unchanged on 6 March 2013, gaining $0.00 (0.00%) against the previous session's close of $1,574.60.
At $1,574.60 per troy ounce, one gram of pure gold was worth about $50.62 on 6 March 2013. A troy ounce is 31.1034768 grams.
Scrap value follows purity, so on 6 March 2013 18k gold was worth about $37.97 per gram and 14k about $29.53 per gram, against $50.62 for pure 24k. These are melt values before any dealer margin.
The gold-to-silver ratio closed at about 54.7 on 6 March 2013, meaning one ounce of gold was worth roughly 54.7 ounces of silver.
A month before 6 March 2013, gold was around $1,677.70 per troy ounce, so the close of $1,574.60 is a loss of 6.1% over the month.
It closed 16.63% below the highest close on record up to that date, which was set on 2011-08-22.