Gold price in January 2014: daily prices, high, low and change
Gold closed January 2014 at $1,240.10 an ounce, up 3.18% on the month. The highest close was $1,264.50 on 24 Jan and the lowest $1,225.00 on 2 Jan. Every trading day below, with ranks and context computed from COMEX data.
Gold price chart, January 2014 (daily close and high-low range, US$ per ounce)
Gold line = daily settlement; bars = intraday high to low where available; dashed line = December 2013 close ($1,201.90).
Daily gold prices in January 2014 (21 trading days)
| Date | Open | High | Low | Close | Change | % change |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Thu 2 Jan best day | $1,204.30 | $1,227.30 | $1,204.30 | $1,225.00 | +$23.10 | +1.92% |
| Fri 3 Jan | $1,221.70 | $1,239.00 | $1,221.70 | $1,238.40 | +$13.40 | +1.09% |
| Mon 6 Jan | $1,232.80 | $1,247.00 | $1,221.90 | $1,237.80 | −$0.60 | −0.05% |
| Tue 7 Jan | $1,239.30 | $1,242.40 | $1,226.30 | $1,229.40 | −$8.40 | −0.68% |
| Wed 8 Jan | $1,227.50 | $1,227.50 | $1,218.60 | $1,225.30 | −$4.10 | −0.33% |
| Thu 9 Jan | $1,225.80 | $1,229.30 | $1,225.80 | $1,229.30 | +$4.00 | +0.33% |
| Fri 10 Jan | $1,235.00 | $1,246.80 | $1,234.00 | $1,246.70 | +$17.40 | +1.42% |
| Mon 13 Jan | $1,250.60 | $1,252.70 | $1,245.50 | $1,250.90 | +$4.20 | +0.34% |
| Tue 14 Jan | $1,251.00 | $1,251.30 | $1,242.00 | $1,245.20 | −$5.70 | −0.46% |
| Wed 15 Jan | $1,243.10 | $1,243.20 | $1,238.10 | $1,238.10 | −$7.10 | −0.57% |
| Thu 16 Jan | $1,239.30 | $1,242.80 | $1,239.00 | $1,240.00 | +$1.90 | +0.15% |
| Fri 17 Jan | $1,239.70 | $1,254.30 | $1,239.70 | $1,251.70 | +$11.70 | +0.94% |
| Tue 21 Jan | $1,256.40 | $1,257.50 | $1,240.00 | $1,242.30 | −$9.40 | −0.75% |
| Wed 22 Jan | $1,241.70 | $1,242.00 | $1,239.00 | $1,239.00 | −$3.30 | −0.27% |
| Thu 23 Jan | $1,235.20 | $1,264.20 | $1,235.20 | $1,262.60 | +$23.60 | +1.90% |
| Fri 24 Jan | $1,258.30 | $1,269.40 | $1,258.30 | $1,264.50 | +$1.90 | +0.15% |
| Mon 27 Jan | $1,259.80 | $1,264.40 | $1,254.40 | $1,263.60 | −$0.90 | −0.07% |
| Tue 28 Jan | $1,257.90 | $1,258.40 | $1,251.00 | $1,251.00 | −$12.60 | −1.00% |
| Wed 29 Jan | — | — | — | $1,262.20 | +$11.20 | +0.90% |
| Thu 30 Jan worst day | $1,267.00 | $1,267.70 | $1,237.50 | $1,242.20 | −$20.00 | −1.58% |
| Fri 31 Jan | $1,243.60 | $1,254.50 | $1,238.40 | $1,240.10 | −$2.10 | −0.17% |
Close = COMEX gold futures settlement in US dollars per troy ounce; change is against the previous trading day's close. Open, high and low are shown as — on 1 day where the source has no usable intraday data (common before 2012, when the front-month contract traded thinly in the data feed).
Monthly open, high, low and close
| January 2014 | Open | High | Low | Close | Change |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Settlements | $1,225.00 | $1,264.50 | $1,225.00 | $1,240.10 | +3.18% |
| Intraday | $1,204.30 | $1,269.40 24 Jan | $1,204.30 2 Jan | $1,240.10 | — |
Settlements: first, highest, lowest and last daily close of the month (the basis used on the 2014 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 January 2014: summary
Gold climbed 3.18% in January 2014, closing the month at $1,240.10 an ounce against $1,201.90 at the end of December 2013. Gold closed higher on 10 of 21 trading days and lower on 11; the strongest session was 2 January 2014 (+1.92%) and the weakest 30 January 2014 (−1.58%). Settlement prices ranged from $1,225.00 on 2 January 2014 to $1,264.50 on 24 January 2014, a spread of $39.50 (3.3%), narrower than the 7.9% average of the previous 12 months.
It ended a run of 4 straight monthly losses.
How January 2014 compares
- Against other Januaries: at +3.18%, January 2014 ranks 14th of 26 Januaries since 2001 (best first).
- Against every month: it ranks 96th of 313 months since September 2000, better than 70% of them.
- Range: the gap between the highest and lowest close was $39.50, or 3.3% of the opening level, 0.4× the 7.9% average of the previous 12 months.
- Daily moves: the average day moved 0.72% (up or down), against 0.96% over the previous 12 months, so January 2014 was calmer than usual.
- Streaks: the longest run of higher closes was 3 days and the longest run of lower closes 3 days.
- Bigger picture: at the month-end close gold was −25.32% over 12 months (against the January 2013 close of $1,660.60).
- Average price: the mean of the 21 daily closes was $1,244.06; the World Bank's monthly average of the London (LBMA) price was $1,244.00.
Across the other 25 completed Januaries since 2001, gold averaged +2.94% and rose in 16 of them (64%). January 2014 beat that average by 0.2 percentage points. The gold seasonality tool shows the same statistics for every calendar month, and the monthly returns heatmap lays out all Januaries side by side.
January 2014 in today's dollars
Adjusted for US consumer-price inflation, the $1,240.10 closing price equals about $1,772 in September 2026 dollars (CPI 235.3 in January 2014 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 2014
The gold price in 2014 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 January 2014?
Gold closed January 2014 at $1,240.10 an ounce (COMEX settlement). It opened the month at $1,225.00 and averaged $1,244.06 across 21 trading days; the World Bank’s London average for the month was $1,244.00.
Did gold go up in January 2014?
Yes. Gold was up 3.18% in January 2014, from $1,201.90 at the end of December 2013 to $1,240.10. It closed higher on 10 of 21 days. Among Januaries since 2001 it ranks 14th of 26 (best first).
What was the highest gold price in January 2014?
The highest close was $1,264.50 on 24 January 2014. The highest intraday price in the daily bars was $1,269.40 on 24 January 2014.
What was the lowest gold price in January 2014?
The lowest close was $1,225.00 on 2 January 2014, $39.50 (3.3%) below the month’s highest close. The lowest intraday price was $1,204.30 on 2 January 2014.
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