Highest so far that year
At the time, no session earlier in the year had closed higher.
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This page is a historical record of the gold price in 12 April 2017, not the current price.See today's gold price (11 September 2026)
Highest closing price since 7 November 2016
Gold closed at $1,275.30 per troy ounce on 12 April 2017, up $4.100 (0.32%) from the previous close of $1,271.20.
At the time, no session earlier in the year had closed higher.
This close sat 32.48% below the highest gold close recorded up to that date, set on 2011-08-22.
Metal value only, before dealer margins and fabrication.
Twelve months earlier gold traded around $1,259.40, making this a +1.26% move year on year.
Figures in this section are shown in USD, independent of the currency selected above.
Gold closed at $1,275.30 per troy ounce on 12 April 2017. That is $4.10 higher than the previous close of $1,271.20, a move of 0.32%.
The gold price rose on 12 April 2017, gaining $4.10 (0.32%) against the previous session's close of $1,271.20.
At $1,275.30 per troy ounce, one gram of pure gold was worth about $41.00 on 12 April 2017. A troy ounce is 31.1034768 grams.
Scrap value follows purity, so on 12 April 2017 18k gold was worth about $30.75 per gram and 14k about $23.92 per gram, against $41.00 for pure 24k. These are melt values before any dealer margin.
The gold-to-silver ratio closed at about 69.8 on 12 April 2017, meaning one ounce of gold was worth roughly 69.8 ounces of silver.
A week before 12 April 2017, gold was around $1,245.40 per troy ounce, so the close of $1,275.30 is a gain of 2.4% over the week.
A month before 12 April 2017, gold was around $1,200.70 per troy ounce, so the close of $1,275.30 is a gain of 6.2% over the month.
It closed 32.48% below the highest close on record up to that date, which was set on 2011-08-22.
The most recent higher close was about 5 months earlier — 106 trading sessions before this one.