Distance from the record
This close sat 31.67% below the highest gold close recorded up to that date, set on 2011-08-22.
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This page is a historical record of the gold price in 2 April 2014, not the current price.See today's gold price (11 September 2026)
Gold closed at $1,290.50 per troy ounce on 2 April 2014, down $5.100 (0.39%) from the previous close of $1,295.60.
This close sat 31.67% below the highest gold close recorded up to that date, set on 2011-08-22.
Metal value only, before dealer margins and fabrication.
Twelve months earlier gold traded around $1,575.10, making this a -18.07% move year on year.
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Gold closed at $1,290.50 per troy ounce on 2 April 2014. That is $5.10 lower than the previous close of $1,295.60, a move of -0.39%.
The gold price fell on 2 April 2014, losing $5.10 (0.39%) against the previous session's close of $1,295.60.
At $1,290.50 per troy ounce, one gram of pure gold was worth about $41.49 on 2 April 2014. A troy ounce is 31.1034768 grams.
Scrap value follows purity, so on 2 April 2014 18k gold was worth about $31.12 per gram and 14k about $24.20 per gram, against $41.49 for pure 24k. These are melt values before any dealer margin.
The gold-to-silver ratio closed at about 64.4 on 2 April 2014, meaning one ounce of gold was worth roughly 64.4 ounces of silver.
A year before 2 April 2014, gold was around $1,575.10 per troy ounce. The close of $1,290.50 therefore represents a fall of 18.1% over twelve months.
It closed 31.67% below the highest close on record up to that date, which was set on 2011-08-22.