Gold price in April 2013: daily prices, high, low and change
Gold closed April 2013 at $1,472.20 an ounce, down 7.69% on the month. The highest close was $1,600.00 on 1 Apr and the lowest $1,360.60 on 15 Apr. Every trading day below, with ranks and context computed from COMEX data.
Gold price chart, April 2013 (daily close and high-low range, US$ per ounce)
Gold line = daily settlement; bars = intraday high to low where available; dashed line = March 2013 close ($1,594.80).
Daily gold prices in April 2013 (22 trading days)
| Date | Open | High | Low | Close | Change | % change |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Mon 1 Apr | $1,596.80 | $1,600.50 | $1,594.80 | $1,600.00 | +$5.20 | +0.33% |
| Tue 2 Apr | $1,599.20 | $1,602.60 | $1,574.10 | $1,575.10 | −$24.90 | −1.56% |
| Wed 3 Apr | $1,575.70 | $1,576.40 | $1,549.20 | $1,552.80 | −$22.30 | −1.42% |
| Thu 4 Apr | $1,557.30 | $1,557.30 | $1,539.10 | $1,551.80 | −$1.00 | −0.06% |
| Fri 5 Apr | $1,553.20 | $1,580.60 | $1,550.10 | $1,575.40 | +$23.60 | +1.52% |
| Mon 8 Apr | $1,575.80 | $1,577.80 | $1,567.80 | $1,572.00 | −$3.40 | −0.22% |
| Tue 9 Apr | $1,571.60 | $1,589.30 | $1,570.00 | $1,586.20 | +$14.20 | +0.90% |
| Wed 10 Apr | $1,584.40 | $1,586.00 | $1,557.00 | $1,558.30 | −$27.90 | −1.76% |
| Thu 11 Apr | $1,557.10 | $1,566.70 | $1,554.80 | $1,564.30 | +$6.00 | +0.39% |
| Fri 12 Apr | $1,560.80 | $1,560.80 | $1,480.20 | $1,501.00 | −$63.30 | −4.05% |
| Mon 15 Apr worst day | $1,478.20 | $1,487.40 | $1,338.00 | $1,360.60 | −$140.40 | −9.35% |
| Tue 16 Apr | $1,358.00 | $1,401.00 | $1,323.00 | $1,386.80 | +$26.20 | +1.93% |
| Wed 17 Apr | $1,373.20 | $1,394.20 | $1,370.20 | $1,382.20 | −$4.60 | −0.33% |
| Thu 18 Apr | $1,347.50 | $1,396.40 | $1,347.50 | $1,392.00 | +$9.80 | +0.71% |
| Fri 19 Apr | $1,419.30 | $1,420.30 | $1,395.10 | $1,395.30 | +$3.30 | +0.24% |
| Mon 22 Apr | $1,406.80 | $1,434.90 | $1,406.80 | $1,421.00 | +$25.70 | +1.84% |
| Tue 23 Apr | $1,429.50 | $1,429.50 | $1,405.80 | $1,408.60 | −$12.40 | −0.87% |
| Wed 24 Apr | $1,423.20 | $1,430.10 | $1,420.40 | $1,423.40 | +$14.80 | +1.05% |
| Thu 25 Apr best day | $1,433.00 | $1,461.80 | $1,433.00 | $1,461.80 | +$38.40 | +2.70% |
| Fri 26 Apr | $1,467.40 | $1,476.20 | $1,451.40 | $1,453.60 | −$8.20 | −0.56% |
| Mon 29 Apr | $1,462.70 | $1,475.50 | $1,462.30 | $1,467.40 | +$13.80 | +0.95% |
| Tue 30 Apr | $1,471.10 | $1,476.60 | $1,461.00 | $1,472.20 | +$4.80 | +0.33% |
Close = COMEX gold futures settlement in US dollars per troy ounce; change is against the previous trading day's close.
Monthly open, high, low and close
| April 2013 | Open | High | Low | Close | Change |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Settlements | $1,600.00 | $1,600.00 | $1,360.60 | $1,472.20 | −7.69% |
| Intraday | $1,596.80 | $1,602.60 2 Apr | $1,323.00 16 Apr | $1,472.20 | — |
Settlements: first, highest, lowest and last daily close of the month (the basis used on the 2013 page and the monthly returns heatmap). Intraday: the highest and lowest traded prices in the daily bars.
Source: COMEX gold futures (GC=F) daily settlements and intraday bars via Yahoo Finance; US CPI (FRED CPIAUCSL) for the inflation adjustment; World Bank Pink Sheet for the monthly London average. Figures are final settlements; sources may occasionally revise historical data.
Gold in April 2013: summary
Gold slumped 7.69% in April 2013, closing the month at $1,472.20 an ounce against $1,594.80 at the end of March 2013. Settlement prices ranged from $1,360.60 on 15 April 2013 to $1,600.00 on 1 April 2013, a spread of $239.40 (15.0%), wider than the 4.8% average of the previous 12 months. Gold closed higher on 12 of 22 trading days and lower on 10; the strongest session was 25 April 2013 (+2.70%) and the weakest 15 April 2013 (−9.35%).
The $1,360.60 close on 15 April 2013 was the lowest since 11 February 2011. That was the biggest monthly fall since December 2011. The −9.35% move on 15 April 2013 was the largest one-day fall of 2013, and the largest in the daily record, which starts in August 2000.
How April 2013 compares
- Against other Aprils: at −7.69%, April 2013 ranks 25th of 26 Aprils since 2001 (best first).
- Against every month: it ranks 304th of 313 months since September 2000, better than 3% of them.
- Range: the gap between the highest and lowest close was $239.40, or 15.0% of the opening level, 3.1× the 4.8% average of the previous 12 months.
- Daily moves: the average day moved 1.50% (up or down), against 0.66% over the previous 12 months, so April 2013 was more volatile than usual.
- Streaks: the longest run of higher closes was 3 days and the longest run of lower closes 3 days.
- Bigger picture: at the month-end close gold was −12.10% for 2013 to the end of April and −11.49% over 12 months (against the April 2012 close of $1,663.40).
- Average price: the mean of the 22 daily closes was $1,484.63; the World Bank's monthly average of the London (LBMA) price was $1,488.00.
Across the other 25 completed Aprils since 2001, gold averaged +1.64% and rose in 16 of them (64%). April 2013 lagged that average by 9.3 percentage points. The gold seasonality tool shows the same statistics for every calendar month, and the monthly returns heatmap lays out all Aprils side by side.
April 2013 in today's dollars
Adjusted for US consumer-price inflation, the $1,472.20 closing price equals about $2,136 in September 2026 dollars (CPI 231.8 in April 2013 against 336.3 in September 2026, FRED series CPIAUCSL), 45% more than the nominal figure. The gold price history hub restates every year's close on the same basis, and the all-time-high tracker lists every record close in nominal dollars.
Gold price by month in 2013
The gold price in 2013 page has the year's open, high, low and close, and the monthly archive on the gold price history hub explains how these month pages are built.
Frequently asked questions
What was the gold price in April 2013?
Gold closed April 2013 at $1,472.20 an ounce (COMEX settlement). It opened the month at $1,600.00 and averaged $1,484.63 across 22 trading days; the World Bank’s London average for the month was $1,488.00.
Did gold go up in April 2013?
No. Gold was down 7.69% in April 2013, from $1,594.80 at the end of March 2013 to $1,472.20. It closed higher on 12 of 22 days. Among Aprils since 2001 it ranks 25th of 26 (best first).
What was the highest gold price in April 2013?
The highest close was $1,600.00 on 1 April 2013. The highest intraday price in the daily bars was $1,602.60 on 2 April 2013.
What was the lowest gold price in April 2013?
The lowest close was $1,360.60 on 15 April 2013, $239.40 (15.0%) below the month’s highest close. The lowest intraday price was $1,323.00 on 16 April 2013.
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