Gold price in August 2013: daily prices, high, low and change
Gold closed August 2013 at $1,396.10 an ounce, up 6.38% on the month. The highest close was $1,420.60 on 27 Aug and the lowest $1,283.20 on 6 Aug. Every trading day below, with ranks and context computed from COMEX data.
Gold price chart, August 2013 (daily close and high-low range, US$ per ounce)
Gold line = daily settlement; bars = intraday high to low where available; dashed line = July 2013 close ($1,312.40).
Daily gold prices in August 2013 (22 trading days)
| Date | Open | High | Low | Close | Change | % change |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Thu 1 Aug | $1,323.00 | $1,328.50 | $1,306.90 | $1,311.00 | −$1.40 | −0.11% |
| Fri 2 Aug | $1,306.70 | $1,317.00 | $1,283.00 | $1,310.60 | −$0.40 | −0.03% |
| Mon 5 Aug | $1,311.20 | $1,318.30 | $1,297.50 | $1,302.60 | −$8.00 | −0.61% |
| Tue 6 Aug worst day | $1,303.00 | $1,305.90 | $1,279.30 | $1,283.20 | −$19.40 | −1.49% |
| Wed 7 Aug | $1,282.50 | $1,288.40 | $1,274.00 | $1,286.10 | +$2.90 | +0.23% |
| Thu 8 Aug | $1,283.90 | $1,312.80 | $1,283.70 | $1,310.70 | +$24.60 | +1.91% |
| Fri 9 Aug | $1,315.10 | $1,315.80 | $1,306.70 | $1,312.90 | +$2.20 | +0.17% |
| Mon 12 Aug | $1,317.20 | $1,342.40 | $1,317.20 | $1,334.70 | +$21.80 | +1.66% |
| Tue 13 Aug | $1,331.90 | $1,339.10 | $1,320.20 | $1,321.20 | −$13.50 | −1.01% |
| Wed 14 Aug | $1,317.70 | $1,336.30 | $1,317.70 | $1,334.00 | +$12.80 | +0.97% |
| Thu 15 Aug best day | $1,340.10 | $1,369.60 | $1,319.90 | $1,361.60 | +$27.60 | +2.07% |
| Fri 16 Aug | $1,366.80 | $1,378.90 | $1,361.00 | $1,371.70 | +$10.10 | +0.74% |
| Mon 19 Aug | $1,379.00 | $1,384.40 | $1,363.90 | $1,366.20 | −$5.50 | −0.40% |
| Tue 20 Aug | $1,355.00 | $1,377.00 | $1,355.00 | $1,373.10 | +$6.90 | +0.51% |
| Wed 21 Aug | $1,372.50 | $1,377.30 | $1,360.90 | $1,370.60 | −$2.50 | −0.18% |
| Thu 22 Aug | $1,362.00 | $1,380.40 | $1,362.00 | $1,371.20 | +$0.60 | +0.04% |
| Fri 23 Aug | $1,376.80 | $1,398.20 | $1,373.90 | $1,395.70 | +$24.50 | +1.79% |
| Mon 26 Aug | $1,398.60 | $1,402.80 | $1,391.30 | $1,393.00 | −$2.70 | −0.19% |
| Tue 27 Aug | $1,403.80 | $1,421.10 | $1,398.70 | $1,420.60 | +$27.60 | +1.98% |
| Wed 28 Aug | $1,417.30 | $1,428.00 | $1,417.30 | $1,419.00 | −$1.60 | −0.11% |
| Thu 29 Aug | $1,417.40 | $1,417.40 | $1,404.50 | $1,412.90 | −$6.10 | −0.43% |
| Fri 30 Aug | $1,407.20 | $1,409.80 | $1,392.30 | $1,396.10 | −$16.80 | −1.19% |
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
| August 2013 | Open | High | Low | Close | Change |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Settlements | $1,311.00 | $1,420.60 | $1,283.20 | $1,396.10 | +6.38% |
| Intraday | $1,323.00 | $1,428.00 28 Aug | $1,274.00 7 Aug | $1,396.10 | — |
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 August 2013: summary
Gold surged 6.38% in August 2013, finishing at $1,396.10 an ounce against $1,312.40 at the end of July 2013. Gold closed higher on 11 of 22 trading days and lower on 11; the strongest session was 15 August 2013 (+2.07%) and the weakest 6 August 2013 (−1.49%). Settlement prices ranged from $1,283.20 on 6 August 2013 to $1,420.60 on 27 August 2013, a spread of $137.40 (10.5%), wider than the 7.0% average of the previous 12 months.
How August 2013 compares
- Against other Augusts: at +6.38%, August 2013 ranks 5th of 26 Augusts since 2001 (best first).
- Against every month: it ranks 44th of 313 months since September 2000, better than 86% of them.
- Range: the gap between the highest and lowest close was $137.40, or 10.5% of the opening level, 1.5× the 7.0% average of the previous 12 months.
- Daily moves: the average day moved 0.81% (up or down), against 0.80% over the previous 12 months, so August 2013 was about as volatile as usual.
- Streaks: the longest run of higher closes was 4 days and the longest run of lower closes 4 days.
- Bigger picture: at the month-end close gold was −16.64% for 2013 to the end of August and −17.13% over 12 months (against the August 2012 close of $1,684.60).
- Average price: the mean of the 22 daily closes was $1,352.67; the World Bank's monthly average of the London (LBMA) price was $1,352.00.
Across the other 25 completed Augusts since 2001, gold averaged +2.35% and rose in 18 of them (72%). August 2013 beat that average by 4.0 percentage points. The gold seasonality tool shows the same statistics for every calendar month, and the monthly returns heatmap lays out all Augusts side by side.
August 2013 in today's dollars
Adjusted for US consumer-price inflation, the $1,396.10 closing price equals about $2,011 in September 2026 dollars (CPI 233.5 in August 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 August 2013?
Gold closed August 2013 at $1,396.10 an ounce (COMEX settlement). It opened the month at $1,311.00 and averaged $1,352.67 across 22 trading days; the World Bank’s London average for the month was $1,352.00.
Did gold go up in August 2013?
Yes. Gold was up 6.38% in August 2013, from $1,312.40 at the end of July 2013 to $1,396.10. It closed higher on 11 of 22 days. Among Augusts since 2001 it ranks 5th of 26 (best first).
What was the highest gold price in August 2013?
The highest close was $1,420.60 on 27 August 2013. The highest intraday price in the daily bars was $1,428.00 on 28 August 2013.
What was the lowest gold price in August 2013?
The lowest close was $1,283.20 on 6 August 2013, $137.40 (10.5%) below the month’s highest close. The lowest intraday price was $1,274.00 on 7 August 2013.
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