Distance from the record
This close sat 4.39% below the highest gold close recorded up to that date, set on 2006-05-11.
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This page is a historical record of the gold price in 17 April 2007, not the current price.See today's gold price (11 September 2026)
Gold closed at $688.20 per troy ounce on 17 April 2007, down $1.900 (0.28%) from the previous close of $690.10.
This close sat 4.39% 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 $615.40, making this a +11.83% move year on year.
Figures in this section are shown in USD, independent of the currency selected above.
Gold closed at $688.20 per troy ounce on 17 April 2007. That is $1.90 lower than the previous close of $690.10, a move of -0.28%.
The gold price fell on 17 April 2007, losing $1.90 (0.28%) against the previous session's close of $690.10.
At $688.20 per troy ounce, one gram of pure gold was worth about $22.13 on 17 April 2007. A troy ounce is 31.1034768 grams.
Scrap value follows purity, so on 17 April 2007 18k gold was worth about $16.59 per gram and 14k about $12.91 per gram, against $22.13 for pure 24k. These are melt values before any dealer margin.
The gold-to-silver ratio closed at about 49.2 on 17 April 2007, meaning one ounce of gold was worth roughly 49.2 ounces of silver.
A month before 17 April 2007, gold was around $652.60 per troy ounce, so the close of $688.20 is a gain of 5.5% over the month.
It closed 4.39% below the highest close on record up to that date, which was set on 2006-05-11.