Highest closing price since 1 November 2012
Gold closed at $1,684.20 per troy ounce on 1 April 2020, up $120.10 (7.68%) from the previous close of $1,564.10.
Notable session: moved more than 3% in a session.
Metal value only, before dealer margins and fabrication.
Twelve months earlier gold traded around $1,282.80, making this a +31.29% move year on year.
Figures in this section are shown in USD, independent of the currency selected above.
Gold closed at $1,684.20 per troy ounce on 1 April 2020. That is $120.10 higher than the previous close of $1,564.10, a move of 7.68%.
The gold price rose on 1 April 2020, gaining $120.10 (7.68%) against the previous session's close of $1,564.10.
At $1,684.20 per troy ounce, one gram of pure gold was worth about $54.15 on 1 April 2020. A troy ounce is 31.1034768 grams.
Scrap value follows purity, so on 1 April 2020 18k gold was worth about $40.61 per gram and 14k about $31.59 per gram, against $54.15 for pure 24k. These are melt values before any dealer margin.
The gold-to-silver ratio closed at about 113.0 on 1 April 2020, meaning one ounce of gold was worth roughly 113.0 ounces of silver.
A week before 1 April 2020, gold was around $1,564.10 per troy ounce, so the close of $1,684.20 is a gain of 7.7% over the week.
A month before 1 April 2020, gold was around $1,564.10 per troy ounce, so the close of $1,684.20 is a gain of 7.7% over the month.
A year before 1 April 2020, gold was around $1,282.80 per troy ounce. The close of $1,684.20 therefore represents a rise of 31.3% over twelve months.