Distance from the record
This close sat 1.33% below the highest gold close recorded up to that date, set on 2024-04-01.
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This page is a historical record of the gold price in 2 April 2024, not the current price.See today's gold price (11 September 2026)
Gold closed at $2,261.00 per troy ounce on 2 April 2024, down $30.40 (1.33%) from the previous close of $2,291.40.
Notable session: lowest close of the month.
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 close sat 1.33% below the highest gold close recorded up to that date, set on 2024-04-01.
Metal value only, before dealer margins and fabrication.
Twelve months earlier gold traded around $1,969.00, making this a +14.83% move year on year.
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Gold closed at $2,261.00 per troy ounce on 2 April 2024. That is $30.40 lower than the previous close of $2,291.40, a move of -1.33%.
The gold price fell on 2 April 2024, losing $30.40 (1.33%) against the previous session's close of $2,291.40.
At $2,261.00 per troy ounce, one gram of pure gold was worth about $72.69 on 2 April 2024. A troy ounce is 31.1034768 grams.
Scrap value follows purity, so on 2 April 2024 18k gold was worth about $54.52 per gram and 14k about $42.40 per gram, against $72.69 for pure 24k. These are melt values before any dealer margin.
The gold-to-silver ratio closed at about 87.6 on 2 April 2024, meaning one ounce of gold was worth roughly 87.6 ounces of silver.
A week before 2 April 2024, gold was around $2,175.60 per troy ounce, so the close of $2,261.00 is a gain of 3.9% over the week.
A year before 2 April 2024, gold was around $1,969.00 per troy ounce. The close of $2,261.00 therefore represents a rise of 14.8% over twelve months.
It closed 1.33% below the highest close on record up to that date, which was set on 2024-04-01.