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 17 April 2002, not the current price.See today's gold price (11 September 2026)
Gold closed at $302.10 per troy ounce on 17 April 2002, up $3.300 (1.10%) from the previous close of $298.80.
Gold moved the opposite way to the session before it. Single-day reversals are common and usually mean little on their own — what matters is whether the next few sessions follow.
This was the strongest close of the week up to that point.
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 $261.10, making this a +15.70% move year on year.
Figures in this section are shown in USD, independent of the currency selected above.
Gold closed at $302.10 per troy ounce on 17 April 2002. That is $3.30 higher than the previous close of $298.80, a move of 1.10%.
The gold price rose on 17 April 2002, gaining $3.30 (1.10%) against the previous session's close of $298.80.
At $302.10 per troy ounce, one gram of pure gold was worth about $9.71 on 17 April 2002. A troy ounce is 31.1034768 grams.
Scrap value follows purity, so on 17 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 68.0 on 17 April 2002, meaning one ounce of gold was worth roughly 68.0 ounces of silver.
A year before 17 April 2002, gold was around $261.10 per troy ounce. The close of $302.10 therefore represents a rise of 15.7% over twelve months.
It closed 2.20% below the highest close on record up to that date, which was set on 2002-04-01.