Distance from the record
This close sat 22.23% 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 9 May 2013, not the current price.See today's gold price (11 September 2026)
Gold closed at $1,468.80 per troy ounce on 9 May 2013, down $5.100 (0.35%) from the previous close of $1,473.90.
This close sat 22.23% 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 $1,593.70, making this a -7.84% move year on year.
Figures in this section are shown in USD, independent of the currency selected above.
Gold closed at $1,468.80 per troy ounce on 9 May 2013. That is $5.10 lower than the previous close of $1,473.90, a move of -0.35%.
The gold price fell on 9 May 2013, losing $5.10 (0.35%) against the previous session's close of $1,473.90.
At $1,468.80 per troy ounce, one gram of pure gold was worth about $47.22 on 9 May 2013. A troy ounce is 31.1034768 grams.
Scrap value follows purity, so on 9 May 2013 18k gold was worth about $35.42 per gram and 14k about $27.55 per gram, against $47.22 for pure 24k. These are melt values before any dealer margin.
The gold-to-silver ratio closed at about 61.5 on 9 May 2013, meaning one ounce of gold was worth roughly 61.5 ounces of silver.
A month before 9 May 2013, gold was around $1,586.20 per troy ounce, so the close of $1,468.80 is a loss of 7.4% over the month.
It closed 22.23% below the highest close on record up to that date, which was set on 2011-08-22.