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 13 April 2017, not the current price.See today's gold price (11 September 2026)
Highest closing price since 4 November 2016
Gold closed at $1,285.90 per troy ounce on 13 April 2017, up $10.60 (0.83%) from the previous close of $1,275.30.
This close extended a run of 3 consecutive sessions of gains. Runs are more informative than any one day inside them: they show direction holding rather than a single session's noise.
At the time, no session earlier in the year had closed higher.
This close sat 31.92% 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 $1,246.80, making this a +3.14% move year on year.
Figures in this section are shown in USD, independent of the currency selected above.
Gold closed at $1,285.90 per troy ounce on 13 April 2017. That is $10.60 higher than the previous close of $1,275.30, a move of 0.83%.
The gold price rose on 13 April 2017, gaining $10.60 (0.83%) against the previous session's close of $1,275.30.
At $1,285.90 per troy ounce, one gram of pure gold was worth about $41.34 on 13 April 2017. A troy ounce is 31.1034768 grams.
Scrap value follows purity, so on 13 April 2017 18k gold was worth about $31.01 per gram and 14k about $24.12 per gram, against $41.34 for pure 24k. These are melt values before any dealer margin.
The gold-to-silver ratio closed at about 69.5 on 13 April 2017, meaning one ounce of gold was worth roughly 69.5 ounces of silver.
A week before 13 April 2017, gold was around $1,250.30 per troy ounce, so the close of $1,285.90 is a gain of 2.8% over the week.
A month before 13 April 2017, gold was around $1,202.40 per troy ounce, so the close of $1,285.90 is a gain of 6.9% over the month.
This close was session 3 of a consecutive run of gains. A run is counted by closes, so an intraday reversal that still closed in the same direction does not break it.
It closed 31.92% 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 — 108 trading sessions before this one.