Gold price in July 2013: daily prices, high, low and change
Gold closed July 2013 at $1,312.40 an ounce, up 7.24% on the month. The highest close was $1,336.40 on 22 Jul and the lowest $1,212.90 on 5 Jul. Every trading day below, with ranks and context computed from COMEX data.
Gold price chart, July 2013 (daily close and high-low range, US$ per ounce)
Gold line = daily settlement; bars = intraday high to low where available; dashed line = June 2013 close ($1,223.80).
Daily gold prices in July 2013 (22 trading days)
| Date | Open | High | Low | Close | Change | % change |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Mon 1 Jul | $1,234.70 | $1,261.00 | $1,234.20 | $1,255.90 | +$32.10 | +2.62% |
| Tue 2 Jul | $1,254.10 | $1,266.30 | $1,241.20 | $1,243.60 | −$12.30 | −0.98% |
| Wed 3 Jul | $1,243.80 | $1,258.20 | $1,240.30 | $1,252.10 | +$8.50 | +0.68% |
| Fri 5 Jul worst day | $1,252.70 | $1,254.10 | $1,208.90 | $1,212.90 | −$39.20 | −3.13% |
| Mon 8 Jul | $1,218.80 | $1,235.20 | $1,215.40 | $1,234.90 | +$22.00 | +1.81% |
| Tue 9 Jul | $1,234.70 | $1,254.50 | $1,234.40 | $1,245.90 | +$11.00 | +0.89% |
| Wed 10 Jul | $1,244.60 | $1,263.90 | $1,244.60 | $1,247.40 | +$1.50 | +0.12% |
| Thu 11 Jul | $1,284.60 | $1,285.00 | $1,278.90 | $1,280.10 | +$32.70 | +2.62% |
| Fri 12 Jul | $1,282.30 | $1,282.30 | $1,274.30 | $1,277.80 | −$2.30 | −0.18% |
| Mon 15 Jul | $1,292.10 | $1,292.40 | $1,281.60 | $1,283.80 | +$6.00 | +0.47% |
| Tue 16 Jul | $1,279.40 | $1,291.40 | $1,279.40 | $1,290.80 | +$7.00 | +0.55% |
| Wed 17 Jul | $1,286.20 | $1,294.40 | $1,272.90 | $1,277.90 | −$12.90 | −1.00% |
| Thu 18 Jul | $1,275.30 | $1,286.40 | $1,275.20 | $1,284.60 | +$6.70 | +0.52% |
| Fri 19 Jul | $1,291.70 | $1,293.30 | $1,290.00 | $1,293.30 | +$8.70 | +0.68% |
| Mon 22 Jul best day | $1,317.00 | $1,336.40 | $1,317.00 | $1,336.40 | +$43.10 | +3.33% |
| Tue 23 Jul | $1,334.80 | $1,342.30 | $1,327.90 | $1,335.10 | −$1.30 | −0.10% |
| Wed 24 Jul | $1,342.20 | $1,343.50 | $1,318.60 | $1,319.70 | −$15.40 | −1.15% |
| Thu 25 Jul | $1,318.50 | $1,336.80 | $1,318.50 | $1,329.00 | +$9.30 | +0.70% |
| Fri 26 Jul | $1,326.50 | $1,326.50 | $1,321.70 | $1,321.70 | −$7.30 | −0.55% |
| Mon 29 Jul | — | — | — | $1,328.40 | +$6.70 | +0.51% |
| Tue 30 Jul | $1,327.20 | $1,329.60 | $1,316.20 | $1,324.00 | −$4.40 | −0.33% |
| Wed 31 Jul | $1,325.50 | $1,338.40 | $1,304.90 | $1,312.40 | −$11.60 | −0.88% |
Close = COMEX gold futures settlement in US dollars per troy ounce; change is against the previous trading day's close. Open, high and low are shown as — on 1 day where the source has no usable intraday data (common before 2012, when the front-month contract traded thinly in the data feed).
Monthly open, high, low and close
| July 2013 | Open | High | Low | Close | Change |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Settlements | $1,255.90 | $1,336.40 | $1,212.90 | $1,312.40 | +7.24% |
| Intraday | $1,234.70 | $1,343.50 24 Jul | $1,208.90 5 Jul | $1,312.40 | — |
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 July 2013: summary
Gold surged 7.24% in July 2013, settling the month at $1,312.40 an ounce against $1,223.80 at the end of June 2013. Gold closed higher on 13 of 22 trading days and lower on 9; the strongest session was 22 July 2013 (+3.33%) and the weakest 5 July 2013 (−3.13%). Settlement prices ranged from $1,212.90 on 5 July 2013 to $1,336.40 on 22 July 2013, a spread of $123.50 (10.1%), wider than the 6.5% average of the previous 12 months.
That was the biggest monthly gain since January 2012. It ended a run of 3 straight monthly losses.
How July 2013 compares
- Against other Julys: at +7.24%, July 2013 ranks 3rd of 26 Julys since 2001 (best first).
- Against every month: it ranks 29th of 313 months since September 2000, better than 91% of them.
- Range: the gap between the highest and lowest close was $123.50, or 10.1% of the opening level, 1.6× the 6.5% average of the previous 12 months.
- Daily moves: the average day moved 1.08% (up or down), against 0.76% over the previous 12 months, so July 2013 was more volatile than usual.
- Streaks: the longest run of higher closes was 4 days and the longest run of lower closes 2 days.
- Bigger picture: at the month-end close gold was −21.64% for 2013 to the end of July and −18.51% over 12 months (against the July 2012 close of $1,610.50).
- Average price: the mean of the 22 daily closes was $1,285.80; the World Bank's monthly average of the London (LBMA) price was $1,286.00.
Across the other 25 completed Julys since 2001, gold averaged +0.67% and rose in 14 of them (56%). July 2013 beat that average by 6.6 percentage points. The gold seasonality tool shows the same statistics for every calendar month, and the monthly returns heatmap lays out all Julys side by side.
July 2013 in today's dollars
Adjusted for US consumer-price inflation, the $1,312.40 closing price equals about $1,895 in September 2026 dollars (CPI 232.9 in July 2013 against 336.3 in September 2026, FRED series CPIAUCSL), 44% 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 July 2013?
Gold closed July 2013 at $1,312.40 an ounce (COMEX settlement). It opened the month at $1,255.90 and averaged $1,285.80 across 22 trading days; the World Bank’s London average for the month was $1,286.00.
Did gold go up in July 2013?
Yes. Gold was up 7.24% in July 2013, from $1,223.80 at the end of June 2013 to $1,312.40. It closed higher on 13 of 22 days. Among Julys since 2001 it ranks 3rd of 26 (best first).
What was the highest gold price in July 2013?
The highest close was $1,336.40 on 22 July 2013. The highest intraday price in the daily bars was $1,343.50 on 24 July 2013.
What was the lowest gold price in July 2013?
The lowest close was $1,212.90 on 5 July 2013, $123.50 (10.1%) below the month’s highest close. The lowest intraday price was $1,208.90 on 5 July 2013.
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