Gold price in December 2013: daily prices, high, low and change
Gold closed December 2013 at $1,201.90 an ounce, down 3.89% on the month. The highest close was $1,262.40 on 10 Dec and the lowest $1,195.00 on 19 Dec. Every trading day below, with ranks and context computed from COMEX data.
Gold price chart, December 2013 (daily close and high-low range, US$ per ounce)
Gold line = daily settlement; bars = intraday high to low where available; dashed line = November 2013 close ($1,250.60).
Daily gold prices in December 2013 (21 trading days)
| Date | Open | High | Low | Close | Change | % change |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Mon 2 Dec | $1,251.40 | $1,251.50 | $1,217.80 | $1,222.30 | −$28.30 | −2.26% |
| Tue 3 Dec | $1,219.20 | $1,225.70 | $1,215.60 | $1,221.70 | −$0.60 | −0.05% |
| Wed 4 Dec | $1,225.10 | $1,250.40 | $1,212.90 | $1,248.20 | +$26.50 | +2.17% |
| Thu 5 Dec | $1,240.00 | $1,241.50 | $1,218.60 | $1,233.20 | −$15.00 | −1.20% |
| Fri 6 Dec | $1,228.70 | $1,242.00 | $1,213.00 | $1,230.30 | −$2.90 | −0.24% |
| Mon 9 Dec | $1,230.20 | $1,243.20 | $1,229.00 | $1,235.30 | +$5.00 | +0.41% |
| Tue 10 Dec best day | $1,239.00 | $1,267.00 | $1,239.00 | $1,262.40 | +$27.10 | +2.19% |
| Wed 11 Dec | $1,261.90 | $1,261.90 | $1,252.10 | $1,258.50 | −$3.90 | −0.31% |
| Thu 12 Dec | $1,253.50 | $1,255.40 | $1,225.90 | $1,226.00 | −$32.50 | −2.58% |
| Fri 13 Dec | $1,226.70 | $1,239.00 | $1,222.20 | $1,235.70 | +$9.70 | +0.79% |
| Mon 16 Dec | $1,238.40 | $1,250.60 | $1,228.90 | $1,245.50 | +$9.80 | +0.79% |
| Tue 17 Dec | $1,237.00 | $1,240.40 | $1,231.20 | $1,231.20 | −$14.30 | −1.15% |
| Wed 18 Dec | $1,231.50 | $1,245.10 | $1,217.00 | $1,236.10 | +$4.90 | +0.40% |
| Thu 19 Dec worst day | $1,226.60 | $1,226.60 | $1,188.70 | $1,195.00 | −$41.10 | −3.32% |
| Fri 20 Dec | $1,190.90 | $1,207.80 | $1,190.90 | $1,205.10 | +$10.10 | +0.85% |
| Mon 23 Dec | $1,205.20 | $1,205.20 | $1,195.90 | $1,198.40 | −$6.70 | −0.56% |
| Tue 24 Dec | $1,199.80 | $1,205.60 | $1,197.70 | $1,205.10 | +$6.70 | +0.56% |
| Thu 26 Dec | $1,207.10 | $1,215.90 | $1,207.10 | $1,214.10 | +$9.00 | +0.75% |
| Fri 27 Dec | $1,213.40 | $1,218.50 | $1,212.90 | $1,216.10 | +$2.00 | +0.16% |
| Mon 30 Dec | $1,215.00 | $1,215.00 | $1,194.40 | $1,203.10 | −$13.00 | −1.07% |
| Tue 31 Dec | $1,196.40 | $1,212.40 | $1,182.00 | $1,201.90 | −$1.20 | −0.10% |
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
| December 2013 | Open | High | Low | Close | Change |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Settlements | $1,222.30 | $1,262.40 | $1,195.00 | $1,201.90 | −3.89% |
| Intraday | $1,251.40 | $1,267.00 10 Dec | $1,182.00 31 Dec | $1,201.90 | — |
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 December 2013: summary
Gold declined 3.89% in December 2013, from $1,250.60 at the end of November 2013 to $1,201.90 an ounce. Settlement prices ranged from $1,195.00 on 19 December 2013 to $1,262.40 on 10 December 2013, a spread of $67.40 (5.4%), narrower than the 7.8% average of the previous 12 months. Gold closed higher on 10 of 21 trading days and lower on 11; the strongest session was 10 December 2013 (+2.19%) and the weakest 19 December 2013 (−3.32%).
The $1,195.00 close on 19 December 2013 was the lowest since 4 August 2010. On the monthly change, December 2013 was the 3rd-worst December of the 26 since 2000. It was gold's 4th monthly loss in a row.
How December 2013 compares
- Against other Decembers: at −3.89%, December 2013 ranks 24th of 26 Decembers since 2000 (best first).
- Against every month: it ranks 272nd of 313 months since September 2000, better than 13% of them.
- Range: the gap between the highest and lowest close was $67.40, or 5.4% of the opening level, 0.7× the 7.8% average of the previous 12 months.
- Daily moves: the average day moved 1.04% (up or down), against 0.92% over the previous 12 months, so December 2013 was about as volatile as usual.
- Streaks: the longest run of higher closes was 3 days and the longest run of lower closes 2 days.
- Bigger picture: at the month-end close gold was −28.24% for 2013 to the end of December and −28.24% over 12 months (against the December 2012 close of $1,674.80).
- Average price: the mean of the 21 daily closes was $1,225.01; the World Bank's monthly average of the London (LBMA) price was $1,222.00.
Across the other 25 completed Decembers since 2000, gold averaged +1.66% and rose in 17 of them (68%). December 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 Decembers side by side.
December 2013 in today's dollars
Adjusted for US consumer-price inflation, the $1,201.90 closing price equals about $1,722 in September 2026 dollars (CPI 234.7 in December 2013 against 336.3 in September 2026, FRED series CPIAUCSL), 43% 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 December 2013?
Gold closed December 2013 at $1,201.90 an ounce (COMEX settlement). It opened the month at $1,222.30 and averaged $1,225.01 across 21 trading days; the World Bank’s London average for the month was $1,222.00.
Did gold go up in December 2013?
No. Gold was down 3.89% in December 2013, from $1,250.60 at the end of November 2013 to $1,201.90. It closed higher on 10 of 21 days. Among Decembers since 2000 it ranks 24th of 26 (best first).
What was the highest gold price in December 2013?
The highest close was $1,262.40 on 10 December 2013. The highest intraday price in the daily bars was $1,267.00 on 10 December 2013.
What was the lowest gold price in December 2013?
The lowest close was $1,195.00 on 19 December 2013, $67.40 (5.4%) below the month’s highest close. The lowest intraday price was $1,182.00 on 31 December 2013.
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