Gold after Gold’s 2013 crash (12 Apr 2013)
After Gold’s 2013 crash on 12 Apr 2013, gold was 19.3% lower three months on and 18.5% lower twelve months on, measured from the Mar 2013 monthly average of $1,593 a troy ounce.
- Gold before
- $1,593
- Mar 2013
- Gold +3 months
- -19.3%
- Gold +12 months
- -18.5%
- Silver +12 months
- -31.6%
In context
Gold fell about 13% in two sessions as taper talk and Cyprus-sale fears hit.
Over the same months silver was 31.6% lower three months on and 31.6% lower twelve months on.
Of the 29 market or central-bank moments on the chart with a full year after them, this ranks 29th for gold twelve months on.
The market or central-bank moment before it on the chart: Euro crisis summit (26 Oct 2011).
The one after: ISIS (8 Aug 2014).
Monthly average prices in U.S. dollars per troy ounce (Kitco.com and the World Bank Pink Sheet), from the last full month before a period to its last full month; the record runs Feb 1971 to Oct 2026. What the record did, not a forecast. Source: en.wikipedia.org.
Updated Oct 2026 · record through Oct 2026