Gold after Libya (19 Mar 2011)
After Libya on 19 Mar 2011, gold was 11.2% higher three months on and 21.9% higher twelve months on, measured from the Feb 2011 monthly average of $1,375 a troy ounce.
- Gold before
- $1,375
- Feb 2011
- Gold +3 months
- +11.2%
- Gold +12 months
- +21.9%
- Silver +12 months
- +7.1%
In context
U.S. Operation Odyssey Dawn strikes began.
Over the same months silver was 16.2% higher three months on and 7.1% higher twelve months on.
Of the 11 U.S. military operations on the chart with a full year after them, this ranks 3rd for gold twelve months on.
The market or central-bank moment before it on the chart: Central banks turn net buyers (1 Jan 2010).
The one after: US credit downgrade (5 Aug 2011).
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: defense.gov.
Updated Oct 2026 · record through Oct 2026