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This page is a historical record of the gold price in 7 October 2013, not the current price.See today's gold price (11 September 2026)
Gold closed at $1,324.80 per troy ounce on 7 October 2013, up $15.10 (1.15%) from the previous close of $1,309.70.
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.
No earlier session that month closed above this level.
This close sat 29.86% 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 $1,778.60, making this a -25.51% move year on year.
Figures in this section are shown in USD, independent of the currency selected above.
Gold closed at $1,324.80 per troy ounce on 7 October 2013. That is $15.10 higher than the previous close of $1,309.70, a move of 1.15%.
The gold price rose on 7 October 2013, gaining $15.10 (1.15%) against the previous session's close of $1,309.70.
At $1,324.80 per troy ounce, one gram of pure gold was worth about $42.59 on 7 October 2013. A troy ounce is 31.1034768 grams.
Scrap value follows purity, so on 7 October 2013 18k gold was worth about $31.94 per gram and 14k about $24.85 per gram, against $42.59 for pure 24k. These are melt values before any dealer margin.
The gold-to-silver ratio closed at about 59.3 on 7 October 2013, meaning one ounce of gold was worth roughly 59.3 ounces of silver.
A year before 7 October 2013, gold was around $1,778.60 per troy ounce. The close of $1,324.80 therefore represents a fall of 25.5% over twelve months.
It closed 29.86% below the highest close on record up to that date, which was set on 2011-08-22.