Highest so far that month
No earlier session that month closed above this level.
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This page is a historical record of the gold price in 8 May 2013, not the current price.See today's gold price (11 September 2026)
Highest closing price since 12 April 2013
Gold closed at $1,473.90 per troy ounce on 8 May 2013, up $24.90 (1.72%) from the previous close of $1,449.00.
Notable session: highest close of the month.
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 21.96% 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 $1,604.00, making this a -8.11% move year on year.
Figures in this section are shown in USD, independent of the currency selected above.
Gold closed at $1,473.90 per troy ounce on 8 May 2013. That is $24.90 higher than the previous close of $1,449.00, a move of 1.72%.
The gold price rose on 8 May 2013, gaining $24.90 (1.72%) against the previous session's close of $1,449.00.
At $1,473.90 per troy ounce, one gram of pure gold was worth about $47.39 on 8 May 2013. A troy ounce is 31.1034768 grams.
Scrap value follows purity, so on 8 May 2013 18k gold was worth about $35.54 per gram and 14k about $27.64 per gram, against $47.39 for pure 24k. These are melt values before any dealer margin.
The gold-to-silver ratio closed at about 61.7 on 8 May 2013, meaning one ounce of gold was worth roughly 61.7 ounces of silver.
A month before 8 May 2013, gold was around $1,572.00 per troy ounce, so the close of $1,473.90 is a loss of 6.2% over the month.
It closed 21.96% below the highest close on record up to that date, which was set on 2011-08-22.