Distance from the record
This close sat 2.14% below the highest gold close recorded up to that date, set on 2002-04-01.
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This page is a historical record of the gold price in 19 April 2002, not the current price.See today's gold price (11 September 2026)
Gold closed at $302.30 per troy ounce on 19 April 2002, down $2.200 (0.72%) from the previous close of $304.50.
This close sat 2.14% 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 $265.30, making this a +13.95% move year on year.
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Gold closed at $302.30 per troy ounce on 19 April 2002. That is $2.20 lower than the previous close of $304.50, a move of -0.72%.
The gold price fell on 19 April 2002, losing $2.20 (0.72%) against the previous session's close of $304.50.
At $302.30 per troy ounce, one gram of pure gold was worth about $9.72 on 19 April 2002. A troy ounce is 31.1034768 grams.
Scrap value follows purity, so on 19 April 2002 18k gold was worth about $7.29 per gram and 14k about $5.67 per gram, against $9.72 for pure 24k. These are melt values before any dealer margin.
The gold-to-silver ratio closed at about 67.2 on 19 April 2002, meaning one ounce of gold was worth roughly 67.2 ounces of silver.
A year before 19 April 2002, gold was around $265.30 per troy ounce. The close of $302.30 therefore represents a rise of 13.9% over twelve months.
It closed 2.14% below the highest close on record up to that date, which was set on 2002-04-01.