Highest closing price since 1 January 2021
Gold closed at $1,767.30 per troy ounce on 1 April 2021, up $53.50 (3.12%) from the previous close of $1,713.80.
Notable session: moved more than 3% in a session.
Metal value only, before dealer margins and fabrication.
Twelve months earlier gold traded around $1,684.20, making this a +4.93% move year on year.
Figures in this section are shown in USD, independent of the currency selected above.
Gold closed at $1,767.30 per troy ounce on 1 April 2021. That is $53.50 higher than the previous close of $1,713.80, a move of 3.12%.
The gold price rose on 1 April 2021, gaining $53.50 (3.12%) against the previous session's close of $1,713.80.
At $1,767.30 per troy ounce, one gram of pure gold was worth about $56.82 on 1 April 2021. A troy ounce is 31.1034768 grams.
Scrap value follows purity, so on 1 April 2021 18k gold was worth about $42.62 per gram and 14k about $33.15 per gram, against $56.82 for pure 24k. These are melt values before any dealer margin.
The gold-to-silver ratio closed at about 68.4 on 1 April 2021, meaning one ounce of gold was worth roughly 68.4 ounces of silver.
A week before 1 April 2021, gold was around $1,713.80 per troy ounce, so the close of $1,767.30 is a gain of 3.1% over the week.
A month before 1 April 2021, gold was around $1,713.80 per troy ounce, so the close of $1,767.30 is a gain of 3.1% over the month.
A year before 1 April 2021, gold was around $1,684.20 per troy ounce. The close of $1,767.30 therefore represents a rise of 4.9% over twelve months.