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This page is a historical record of the gold price in 8 August 2013, not the current price.See today's gold price (11 September 2026)
Gold closed at $1,310.70 per troy ounce on 8 August 2013, up $24.60 (1.91%) from the previous close of $1,286.10.
No earlier session that month closed above this level.
This close sat 30.60% 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 -18.74% move year on year.
Figures in this section are shown in USD, independent of the currency selected above.
Gold closed at $1,310.70 per troy ounce on 8 August 2013. That is $24.60 higher than the previous close of $1,286.10, a move of 1.91%.
The gold price rose on 8 August 2013, gaining $24.60 (1.91%) against the previous session's close of $1,286.10.
At $1,310.70 per troy ounce, one gram of pure gold was worth about $42.14 on 8 August 2013. A troy ounce is 31.1034768 grams.
Scrap value follows purity, so on 8 August 2013 18k gold was worth about $31.60 per gram and 14k about $24.58 per gram, against $42.14 for pure 24k. These are melt values before any dealer margin.
The gold-to-silver ratio closed at about 64.9 on 8 August 2013, meaning one ounce of gold was worth roughly 64.9 ounces of silver.
A month before 8 August 2013, gold was around $1,234.90 per troy ounce, so the close of $1,310.70 is a gain of 6.1% over the month.
A year before 8 August 2013, gold was around $1,612.90 per troy ounce. The close of $1,310.70 therefore represents a fall of 18.7% over twelve months.
It closed 30.60% below the highest close on record up to that date, which was set on 2011-08-22.