Distance from the record
This close sat 30.73% 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 May 2014, not the current price.See today's gold price (11 September 2026)
Gold closed at $1,308.30 per troy ounce on 6 May 2014, down $0.700 (0.05%) from the previous close of $1,309.00.
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 30.73% 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 $1,468.10, making this a -10.88% move year on year.
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Gold closed at $1,308.30 per troy ounce on 6 May 2014. That is $0.70 lower than the previous close of $1,309.00, a move of -0.05%.
The gold price fell on 6 May 2014, losing $0.70 (0.05%) against the previous session's close of $1,309.00.
At $1,308.30 per troy ounce, one gram of pure gold was worth about $42.06 on 6 May 2014. A troy ounce is 31.1034768 grams.
Scrap value follows purity, so on 6 May 2014 18k gold was worth about $31.55 per gram and 14k about $24.54 per gram, against $42.06 for pure 24k. These are melt values before any dealer margin.
The gold-to-silver ratio closed at about 66.8 on 6 May 2014, meaning one ounce of gold was worth roughly 66.8 ounces of silver.
It closed 30.73% below the highest close on record up to that date, which was set on 2011-08-22.