Gold price in September 2013: daily prices, high, low and change
Gold closed September 2013 at $1,326.50 an ounce, down 4.99% on the month. The highest close was $1,412.00 on 3 Sep and the lowest $1,307.80 on 18 Sep. Every trading day below, with ranks and context computed from COMEX data.
Gold price chart, September 2013 (daily close and high-low range, US$ per ounce)
Gold line = daily settlement; bars = intraday high to low where available; dashed line = August 2013 close ($1,396.10).
Daily gold prices in September 2013 (20 trading days)
| Date | Open | High | Low | Close | Change | % change |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Tue 3 Sep | $1,393.00 | $1,414.40 | $1,382.30 | $1,412.00 | +$15.90 | +1.14% |
| Wed 4 Sep | $1,413.00 | $1,413.00 | $1,387.10 | $1,389.90 | −$22.10 | −1.57% |
| Thu 5 Sep | $1,393.50 | $1,397.50 | $1,367.10 | $1,373.10 | −$16.80 | −1.21% |
| Fri 6 Sep | $1,371.00 | $1,390.10 | $1,368.90 | $1,386.70 | +$13.60 | +0.99% |
| Mon 9 Sep | $1,389.80 | $1,389.80 | $1,386.50 | $1,386.80 | +$0.10 | +0.01% |
| Tue 10 Sep | $1,377.50 | $1,377.50 | $1,357.60 | $1,364.10 | −$22.70 | −1.64% |
| Wed 11 Sep | $1,365.80 | $1,365.80 | $1,356.70 | $1,363.90 | −$0.20 | −0.01% |
| Thu 12 Sep | $1,360.00 | $1,360.00 | $1,322.40 | $1,330.40 | −$33.50 | −2.46% |
| Fri 13 Sep | $1,322.90 | $1,323.00 | $1,305.30 | $1,308.40 | −$22.00 | −1.65% |
| Mon 16 Sep | $1,328.40 | $1,329.60 | $1,310.80 | $1,317.90 | +$9.50 | +0.73% |
| Tue 17 Sep | $1,313.00 | $1,313.10 | $1,309.50 | $1,309.50 | −$8.40 | −0.64% |
| Wed 18 Sep | $1,292.10 | $1,347.70 | $1,292.10 | $1,307.80 | −$1.70 | −0.13% |
| Thu 19 Sep best day | $1,362.90 | $1,373.00 | $1,362.90 | $1,369.40 | +$61.60 | +4.71% |
| Fri 20 Sep worst day | $1,347.50 | $1,347.50 | $1,330.70 | $1,332.50 | −$36.90 | −2.69% |
| Mon 23 Sep | $1,327.10 | $1,327.80 | $1,317.60 | $1,326.90 | −$5.60 | −0.42% |
| Tue 24 Sep | $1,321.20 | $1,324.90 | $1,309.40 | $1,316.00 | −$10.90 | −0.82% |
| Wed 25 Sep | $1,322.70 | $1,335.90 | $1,322.70 | $1,335.90 | +$19.90 | +1.51% |
| Thu 26 Sep | $1,335.20 | $1,338.30 | $1,323.60 | $1,323.60 | −$12.30 | −0.92% |
| Fri 27 Sep | $1,321.50 | $1,343.80 | $1,319.70 | $1,338.40 | +$14.80 | +1.12% |
| Mon 30 Sep | $1,345.80 | $1,350.90 | $1,322.00 | $1,326.50 | −$11.90 | −0.89% |
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
| September 2013 | Open | High | Low | Close | Change |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Settlements | $1,412.00 | $1,412.00 | $1,307.80 | $1,326.50 | −4.99% |
| Intraday | $1,393.00 | $1,414.40 3 Sep | $1,292.10 18 Sep | $1,326.50 | — |
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 September 2013: summary
Gold fell 4.99% in September 2013, from $1,396.10 at the end of August 2013 to $1,326.50 an ounce. Settlement prices ranged from $1,307.80 on 18 September 2013 to $1,412.00 on 3 September 2013, a spread of $104.20 (7.5%), wider than the 7.4% average of the previous 12 months. Gold closed higher on 7 of 20 trading days and lower on 13; the strongest session was 19 September 2013 (+4.71%) and the weakest 20 September 2013 (−2.69%).
The +4.71% move on 19 September 2013 was the largest one-day gain of 2013, and the largest since 19 March 2009.
How September 2013 compares
- Against other Septembers: at −4.99%, September 2013 ranks 23rd of 27 Septembers since 2000 (best first).
- Against every month: it ranks 282nd of 313 months since September 2000, better than 10% of them.
- Range: the gap between the highest and lowest close was $104.20, or 7.5% of the opening level, 1.0× the 7.4% average of the previous 12 months.
- Daily moves: the average day moved 1.26% (up or down), against 0.82% over the previous 12 months, so September 2013 was more volatile than usual.
- Streaks: the longest run of higher closes was 2 days and the longest run of lower closes 4 days.
- Bigger picture: at the month-end close gold was −20.80% for 2013 to the end of September and −25.10% over 12 months (against the September 2012 close of $1,771.10).
- Average price: the mean of the 20 daily closes was $1,345.99; the World Bank's monthly average of the London (LBMA) price was $1,349.00.
Across the other 26 completed Septembers since 2000, gold averaged +0.63% and rose in 13 of them (50%). September 2013 lagged that average by 5.6 percentage points. The gold seasonality tool shows the same statistics for every calendar month, and the monthly returns heatmap lays out all Septembers side by side.
September 2013 in today's dollars
Adjusted for US consumer-price inflation, the $1,326.50 closing price equals about $1,910 in September 2026 dollars (CPI 233.5 in September 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 September 2013?
Gold closed September 2013 at $1,326.50 an ounce (COMEX settlement). It opened the month at $1,412.00 and averaged $1,345.99 across 20 trading days; the World Bank’s London average for the month was $1,349.00.
Did gold go up in September 2013?
No. Gold was down 4.99% in September 2013, from $1,396.10 at the end of August 2013 to $1,326.50. It closed higher on 7 of 20 days. Among Septembers since 2000 it ranks 23rd of 27 (best first).
What was the highest gold price in September 2013?
The highest close was $1,412.00 on 3 September 2013. The highest intraday price in the daily bars was $1,414.40 on 3 September 2013.
What was the lowest gold price in September 2013?
The lowest close was $1,307.80 on 18 September 2013, $104.20 (7.5%) below the month’s highest close. The lowest intraday price was $1,292.10 on 18 September 2013.
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