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 16 April 2007, not the current price.See today's gold price (11 September 2026)
Highest closing price since 17 May 2006
Gold closed at $690.10 per troy ounce on 16 April 2007, up $4.700 (0.69%) from the previous close of $685.40.
At the time, no session earlier in the year had closed higher.
This close sat 4.13% below the highest gold close recorded up to that date, set on 2006-05-11.
Metal value only, before dealer margins and fabrication.
Twelve months earlier gold traded around $596.50, making this a +15.69% move year on year.
Figures in this section are shown in USD, independent of the currency selected above.
Gold closed at $690.10 per troy ounce on 16 April 2007. That is $4.70 higher than the previous close of $685.40, a move of 0.69%.
The gold price rose on 16 April 2007, gaining $4.70 (0.69%) against the previous session's close of $685.40.
At $690.10 per troy ounce, one gram of pure gold was worth about $22.19 on 16 April 2007. A troy ounce is 31.1034768 grams.
Scrap value follows purity, so on 16 April 2007 18k gold was worth about $16.64 per gram and 14k about $12.94 per gram, against $22.19 for pure 24k. These are melt values before any dealer margin.
The gold-to-silver ratio closed at about 49.1 on 16 April 2007, meaning one ounce of gold was worth roughly 49.1 ounces of silver.
A week before 16 April 2007, gold was around $671.90 per troy ounce, so the close of $690.10 is a gain of 2.7% over the week.
A month before 16 April 2007, gold was around $652.60 per troy ounce, so the close of $690.10 is a gain of 5.7% over the month.
A year before 16 April 2007, gold was around $596.50 per troy ounce. The close of $690.10 therefore represents a rise of 15.7% over twelve months.
It closed 4.13% below the highest close on record up to that date, which was set on 2006-05-11.
The most recent higher close was about 11 months earlier — 229 trading sessions before this one.