Distance from the record
This close sat 23.28% 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 7 May 2013, not the current price.See today's gold price (11 September 2026)
Lowest closing price since 24 April 2013
Gold closed at $1,449.00 per troy ounce on 7 May 2013, down $19.10 (1.30%) from the previous close of $1,468.10.
Gold moved the opposite way to the session before it. Single-day reversals are common and usually mean little on their own — what matters is whether the next few sessions follow.
This close sat 23.28% 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 $1,638.60, making this a -11.57% move year on year.
Figures in this section are shown in USD, independent of the currency selected above.
Gold closed at $1,449.00 per troy ounce on 7 May 2013. That is $19.10 lower than the previous close of $1,468.10, a move of -1.30%.
The gold price fell on 7 May 2013, losing $19.10 (1.30%) against the previous session's close of $1,468.10.
At $1,449.00 per troy ounce, one gram of pure gold was worth about $46.59 on 7 May 2013. A troy ounce is 31.1034768 grams.
Scrap value follows purity, so on 7 May 2013 18k gold was worth about $34.94 per gram and 14k about $27.18 per gram, against $46.59 for pure 24k. These are melt values before any dealer margin.
The gold-to-silver ratio closed at about 61.0 on 7 May 2013, meaning one ounce of gold was worth roughly 61.0 ounces of silver.
A month before 7 May 2013, gold was around $1,575.40 per troy ounce, so the close of $1,449.00 is a loss of 8.0% over the month.
It closed 23.28% below the highest close on record up to that date, which was set on 2011-08-22.