Highest so far that week
This was the strongest close of the week up to that point.
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This page is a historical record of the gold price in 15 April 2002, not the current price.See today's gold price (11 September 2026)
Gold closed at $300.00 per troy ounce on 15 April 2002, down $2.100 (0.70%) from the previous close of $302.10.
This was the strongest close of the week up to that point.
This close sat 2.88% 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 +15.34% move year on year.
Figures in this section are shown in USD, independent of the currency selected above.
Gold closed at $300.00 per troy ounce on 15 April 2002. That is $2.10 lower than the previous close of $302.10, a move of -0.70%.
The gold price fell on 15 April 2002, losing $2.10 (0.70%) against the previous session's close of $302.10.
At $300.00 per troy ounce, one gram of pure gold was worth about $9.65 on 15 April 2002. A troy ounce is 31.1034768 grams.
Scrap value follows purity, so on 15 April 2002 18k gold was worth about $7.23 per gram and 14k about $5.63 per gram, against $9.65 for pure 24k. These are melt values before any dealer margin.
The gold-to-silver ratio closed at about 67.5 on 15 April 2002, meaning one ounce of gold was worth roughly 67.5 ounces of silver.
A year before 15 April 2002, gold was around $260.10 per troy ounce. The close of $300.00 therefore represents a rise of 15.3% over twelve months.
It closed 2.88% below the highest close on record up to that date, which was set on 2002-04-01.