Gold price in November 2013: daily prices, high, low and change
Gold closed November 2013 at $1,250.60 an ounce, down 5.52% on the month. The highest close was $1,317.70 on 6 Nov and the lowest $1,237.80 on 27 Nov. Every trading day below, with ranks and context computed from COMEX data.
Gold price chart, November 2013 (daily close and high-low range, US$ per ounce)
Gold line = daily settlement; bars = intraday high to low where available; dashed line = October 2013 close ($1,323.60).
Daily gold prices in November 2013 (20 trading days)
| Date | Open | High | Low | Close | Change | % change |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Fri 1 Nov | $1,325.70 | $1,325.70 | $1,308.00 | $1,313.10 | −$10.50 | −0.79% |
| Mon 4 Nov | $1,314.60 | $1,320.50 | $1,312.10 | $1,314.60 | +$1.50 | +0.11% |
| Tue 5 Nov | $1,313.30 | $1,317.50 | $1,306.90 | $1,308.00 | −$6.60 | −0.50% |
| Wed 6 Nov | $1,313.50 | $1,318.60 | $1,312.50 | $1,317.70 | +$9.70 | +0.74% |
| Thu 7 Nov | $1,323.60 | $1,323.60 | $1,298.00 | $1,308.40 | −$9.30 | −0.71% |
| Fri 8 Nov worst day | $1,308.00 | $1,308.10 | $1,281.30 | $1,284.50 | −$23.90 | −1.83% |
| Mon 11 Nov | $1,281.60 | $1,281.80 | $1,281.00 | $1,281.00 | −$3.50 | −0.27% |
| Tue 12 Nov | $1,282.30 | $1,282.30 | $1,271.10 | $1,271.10 | −$9.90 | −0.77% |
| Wed 13 Nov | $1,274.00 | $1,280.50 | $1,268.30 | $1,268.30 | −$2.80 | −0.22% |
| Thu 14 Nov best day | $1,280.20 | $1,293.30 | $1,278.10 | $1,286.20 | +$17.90 | +1.41% |
| Fri 15 Nov | $1,287.70 | $1,288.50 | $1,281.50 | $1,287.30 | +$1.10 | +0.09% |
| Mon 18 Nov | $1,284.70 | $1,284.80 | $1,272.20 | $1,272.20 | −$15.10 | −1.17% |
| Tue 19 Nov | $1,274.20 | $1,275.20 | $1,271.00 | $1,273.40 | +$1.20 | +0.09% |
| Wed 20 Nov | $1,269.00 | $1,269.00 | $1,241.90 | $1,257.90 | −$15.50 | −1.22% |
| Thu 21 Nov | $1,245.70 | $1,247.10 | $1,236.50 | $1,243.50 | −$14.40 | −1.14% |
| Fri 22 Nov | $1,243.20 | $1,247.00 | $1,241.40 | $1,244.00 | +$0.50 | +0.04% |
| Mon 25 Nov | $1,231.10 | $1,241.10 | $1,229.00 | $1,241.10 | −$2.90 | −0.23% |
| Tue 26 Nov | $1,243.00 | $1,243.00 | $1,241.40 | $1,241.40 | +$0.30 | +0.02% |
| Wed 27 Nov | $1,241.60 | $1,254.80 | $1,235.50 | $1,237.80 | −$3.60 | −0.29% |
| Fri 29 Nov | $1,237.80 | $1,254.50 | $1,233.70 | $1,250.60 | +$12.80 | +1.03% |
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
| November 2013 | Open | High | Low | Close | Change |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Settlements | $1,313.10 | $1,317.70 | $1,237.80 | $1,250.60 | −5.52% |
| Intraday | $1,325.70 | $1,325.70 1 Nov | $1,229.00 25 Nov | $1,250.60 | — |
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 November 2013: summary
Gold declined 5.52% in November 2013, closing the month at $1,250.60 an ounce against $1,323.60 at the end of October 2013. Gold closed higher on 8 of 20 trading days and lower on 12; the strongest session was 14 November 2013 (+1.41%) and the weakest 8 November 2013 (−1.83%). Settlement prices ranged from $1,237.80 on 27 November 2013 to $1,317.70 on 6 November 2013, a spread of $79.90 (6.0%), narrower than the 7.7% average of the previous 12 months.
It was gold's 3rd monthly loss in a row.
How November 2013 compares
- Against other Novembers: at −5.52%, November 2013 ranks 23rd of 26 Novembers since 2000 (best first).
- Against every month: it ranks 290th of 313 months since September 2000, better than 7% of them.
- Range: the gap between the highest and lowest close was $79.90, or 6.0% of the opening level, 0.8× the 7.7% average of the previous 12 months.
- Daily moves: the average day moved 0.63% (up or down), against 0.92% over the previous 12 months, so November 2013 was calmer than usual.
- Streaks: the longest run of higher closes was 2 days and the longest run of lower closes 5 days.
- Bigger picture: at the month-end close gold was −25.33% for 2013 to the end of November and −26.90% over 12 months (against the November 2012 close of $1,710.90).
- Average price: the mean of the 20 daily closes was $1,275.11; the World Bank's monthly average of the London (LBMA) price was $1,276.00.
Across the other 25 completed Novembers since 2000, gold averaged +1.61% and rose in 15 of them (60%). November 2013 lagged that average by 7.1 percentage points. The gold seasonality tool shows the same statistics for every calendar month, and the monthly returns heatmap lays out all Novembers side by side.
November 2013 in today's dollars
Adjusted for US consumer-price inflation, the $1,250.60 closing price equals about $1,797 in September 2026 dollars (CPI 234.1 in November 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 November 2013?
Gold closed November 2013 at $1,250.60 an ounce (COMEX settlement). It opened the month at $1,313.10 and averaged $1,275.11 across 20 trading days; the World Bank’s London average for the month was $1,276.00.
Did gold go up in November 2013?
No. Gold was down 5.52% in November 2013, from $1,323.60 at the end of October 2013 to $1,250.60. It closed higher on 8 of 20 days. Among Novembers since 2000 it ranks 23rd of 26 (best first).
What was the highest gold price in November 2013?
The highest close was $1,317.70 on 6 November 2013. The highest intraday price in the daily bars was $1,325.70 on 1 November 2013.
What was the lowest gold price in November 2013?
The lowest close was $1,237.80 on 27 November 2013, $79.90 (6.0%) below the month’s highest close. The lowest intraday price was $1,229.00 on 25 November 2013.
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