Gold price in October 2013: daily prices, high, low and change
Gold closed October 2013 at $1,323.60 an ounce, down 0.22% on the month. The highest close was $1,352.40 on 25 Oct and the lowest $1,268.00 on 11 Oct. Every trading day below, with ranks and context computed from COMEX data.
Gold price chart, October 2013 (daily close and high-low range, US$ per ounce)
Gold line = daily settlement; bars = intraday high to low where available; dashed line = September 2013 close ($1,326.50).
Daily gold prices in October 2013 (23 trading days)
| Date | Open | High | Low | Close | Change | % change |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Tue 1 Oct worst day | $1,328.00 | $1,334.00 | $1,284.50 | $1,286.00 | −$40.50 | −3.05% |
| Wed 2 Oct | $1,288.50 | $1,321.00 | $1,280.00 | $1,320.60 | +$34.60 | +2.69% |
| Thu 3 Oct | $1,312.00 | $1,319.50 | $1,302.50 | $1,317.40 | −$3.20 | −0.24% |
| Fri 4 Oct | $1,316.20 | $1,318.10 | $1,305.70 | $1,309.70 | −$7.70 | −0.58% |
| Mon 7 Oct | $1,313.80 | $1,325.40 | $1,311.80 | $1,324.80 | +$15.10 | +1.15% |
| Tue 8 Oct | $1,326.50 | $1,330.00 | $1,321.20 | $1,324.20 | −$0.60 | −0.05% |
| Wed 9 Oct | $1,317.60 | $1,319.00 | $1,295.30 | $1,306.90 | −$17.30 | −1.31% |
| Thu 10 Oct | $1,303.40 | $1,310.80 | $1,285.00 | $1,296.60 | −$10.30 | −0.79% |
| Fri 11 Oct | $1,286.90 | $1,291.60 | $1,263.80 | $1,268.00 | −$28.60 | −2.21% |
| Mon 14 Oct | $1,275.80 | $1,285.80 | $1,273.90 | $1,276.40 | +$8.40 | +0.66% |
| Tue 15 Oct | $1,270.50 | $1,283.60 | $1,254.10 | $1,273.00 | −$3.40 | −0.27% |
| Wed 16 Oct | $1,282.80 | $1,284.00 | $1,269.20 | $1,282.00 | +$9.00 | +0.71% |
| Thu 17 Oct best day | $1,307.00 | $1,322.70 | $1,307.00 | $1,322.70 | +$40.70 | +3.17% |
| Fri 18 Oct | $1,318.80 | $1,326.00 | $1,312.60 | $1,314.40 | −$8.30 | −0.63% |
| Mon 21 Oct | $1,316.80 | $1,317.70 | $1,315.70 | $1,315.70 | +$1.30 | +0.10% |
| Tue 22 Oct | $1,313.90 | $1,342.60 | $1,313.90 | $1,342.50 | +$26.80 | +2.04% |
| Wed 23 Oct | $1,331.90 | $1,333.90 | $1,331.90 | $1,333.90 | −$8.60 | −0.64% |
| Thu 24 Oct | $1,334.50 | $1,350.20 | $1,334.50 | $1,350.20 | +$16.30 | +1.22% |
| Fri 25 Oct | $1,346.20 | $1,353.00 | $1,346.20 | $1,352.40 | +$2.20 | +0.16% |
| Mon 28 Oct | $1,351.40 | $1,359.20 | $1,349.00 | $1,352.00 | −$0.40 | −0.03% |
| Tue 29 Oct | $1,359.60 | $1,359.70 | $1,345.20 | $1,345.20 | −$6.80 | −0.50% |
| Wed 30 Oct | $1,340.80 | $1,355.80 | $1,335.60 | $1,349.00 | +$3.80 | +0.28% |
| Thu 31 Oct | $1,334.00 | $1,334.00 | $1,321.70 | $1,323.60 | −$25.40 | −1.88% |
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
| October 2013 | Open | High | Low | Close | Change |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Settlements | $1,286.00 | $1,352.40 | $1,268.00 | $1,323.60 | −0.22% |
| Intraday | $1,328.00 | $1,359.70 29 Oct | $1,254.10 15 Oct | $1,323.60 | — |
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 October 2013: summary
Gold was almost unchanged 0.22% in October 2013, settling the month at $1,323.60 an ounce against $1,326.50 at the end of September 2013. Gold closed higher on 10 of 23 trading days and lower on 13; the strongest session was 17 October 2013 (+3.17%) and the weakest 1 October 2013 (−3.05%). Settlement prices ranged from $1,268.00 on 11 October 2013 to $1,352.40 on 25 October 2013, a spread of $84.40 (6.4%), narrower than the 7.6% average of the previous 12 months.
How October 2013 compares
- Against other Octobers: at −0.22%, October 2013 ranks 14th of 26 Octobers since 2000 (best first).
- Against every month: it ranks 179th of 313 months since September 2000, better than 43% of them.
- Range: the gap between the highest and lowest close was $84.40, or 6.4% of the opening level, 0.8× the 7.6% average of the previous 12 months.
- Daily moves: the average day moved 1.06% (up or down), against 0.88% over the previous 12 months, so October 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 −20.97% for 2013 to the end of October and −22.93% over 12 months (against the October 2012 close of $1,717.50).
- Average price: the mean of the 23 daily closes was $1,316.83; the World Bank's monthly average of the London (LBMA) price was $1,317.00.
Across the other 25 completed Octobers since 2000, gold averaged +0.14% and rose in 13 of them (52%). October 2013 lagged that average by 0.4 percentage points. The gold seasonality tool shows the same statistics for every calendar month, and the monthly returns heatmap lays out all Octobers side by side.
October 2013 in today's dollars
Adjusted for US consumer-price inflation, the $1,323.60 closing price equals about $1,905 in September 2026 dollars (CPI 233.7 in October 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 October 2013?
Gold closed October 2013 at $1,323.60 an ounce (COMEX settlement). It opened the month at $1,286.00 and averaged $1,316.83 across 23 trading days; the World Bank’s London average for the month was $1,317.00.
Did gold go up in October 2013?
No. Gold was down 0.22% in October 2013, from $1,326.50 at the end of September 2013 to $1,323.60. It closed higher on 10 of 23 days. Among Octobers since 2000 it ranks 14th of 26 (best first).
What was the highest gold price in October 2013?
The highest close was $1,352.40 on 25 October 2013. The highest intraday price in the daily bars was $1,359.70 on 29 October 2013.
What was the lowest gold price in October 2013?
The lowest close was $1,268.00 on 11 October 2013, $84.40 (6.4%) below the month’s highest close. The lowest intraday price was $1,254.10 on 15 October 2013.
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