Gold's highest closing price on record
Gold closed at $3,305.00 per troy ounce on 1 April 2025, up $182.20 (5.83%) from the previous close of $3,122.80.
Notable session: moved more than 3% in a session.
Metal value only, before dealer margins and fabrication.
Twelve months earlier gold traded around $2,291.40, making this a +44.23% move year on year.
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Gold closed at $3,305.00 per troy ounce on 1 April 2025. That is $182.20 higher than the previous close of $3,122.80, a move of 5.83%.
The gold price rose on 1 April 2025, gaining $182.20 (5.83%) against the previous session's close of $3,122.80.
At $3,305.00 per troy ounce, one gram of pure gold was worth about $106.26 on 1 April 2025. A troy ounce is 31.1034768 grams.
Scrap value follows purity, so on 1 April 2025 18k gold was worth about $79.69 per gram and 14k about $61.98 per gram, against $106.26 for pure 24k. These are melt values before any dealer margin.
The gold-to-silver ratio closed at about 101.6 on 1 April 2025, meaning one ounce of gold was worth roughly 101.6 ounces of silver.
A week before 1 April 2025, gold was around $3,023.70 per troy ounce, so the close of $3,305.00 is a gain of 9.3% over the week.
A month before 1 April 2025, gold was around $3,122.80 per troy ounce, so the close of $3,305.00 is a gain of 5.8% over the month.
A year before 1 April 2025, gold was around $2,291.40 per troy ounce. The close of $3,305.00 therefore represents a rise of 44.2% over twelve months.