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This page is a historical record of the gold price in 12 April 2001, not the current price.See today's gold price (11 September 2026)
Highest closing price since 27 March 2001
Gold closed at $260.10 per troy ounce on 12 April 2001, up $1.400 (0.54%) from the previous close of $258.70.
No earlier session that month closed above this level.
This close sat 6.57% below the highest gold close recorded up to that date, set on 2000-09-27.
Metal value only, before dealer margins and fabrication.
Figures in this section are shown in USD, independent of the currency selected above.
Gold closed at $260.10 per troy ounce on 12 April 2001. That is $1.40 higher than the previous close of $258.70, a move of 0.54%.
The gold price rose on 12 April 2001, gaining $1.40 (0.54%) against the previous session's close of $258.70.
At $260.10 per troy ounce, one gram of pure gold was worth about $8.36 on 12 April 2001. A troy ounce is 31.1034768 grams.
Scrap value follows purity, so on 12 April 2001 18k gold was worth about $6.27 per gram and 14k about $4.88 per gram, against $8.36 for pure 24k. These are melt values before any dealer margin.
The gold-to-silver ratio closed at about 59.7 on 12 April 2001, meaning one ounce of gold was worth roughly 59.7 ounces of silver.
It closed 6.57% below the highest close on record up to that date, which was set on 2000-09-27.