Distance from the record
This close sat 2.20% below the highest gold close recorded up to that date, set on 2002-04-01.
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This page is a historical record of the gold price in 12 April 2002, not the current price.See today's gold price (11 September 2026)
Gold closed at $302.10 per troy ounce on 12 April 2002, down $0.100 (0.03%) from the previous close of $302.20.
Gold barely moved, closing within 0.03% of the previous session. Flat days are the majority of any price series and are most useful as the baseline the notable days are measured against.
This close sat 2.20% below the highest gold close recorded up to that date, set on 2002-04-01.
Metal value only, before dealer margins and fabrication.
Twelve months earlier gold traded around $260.10, making this a +16.15% move year on year.
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Gold closed at $302.10 per troy ounce on 12 April 2002. That is $0.10 lower than the previous close of $302.20, a move of -0.03%.
The gold price fell on 12 April 2002, losing $0.10 (0.03%) against the previous session's close of $302.20.
At $302.10 per troy ounce, one gram of pure gold was worth about $9.71 on 12 April 2002. A troy ounce is 31.1034768 grams.
Scrap value follows purity, so on 12 April 2002 18k gold was worth about $7.28 per gram and 14k about $5.67 per gram, against $9.71 for pure 24k. These are melt values before any dealer margin.
The gold-to-silver ratio closed at about 65.8 on 12 April 2002, meaning one ounce of gold was worth roughly 65.8 ounces of silver.
A year before 12 April 2002, gold was around $260.10 per troy ounce. The close of $302.10 therefore represents a rise of 16.1% over twelve months.
It closed 2.20% below the highest close on record up to that date, which was set on 2002-04-01.