Distance from the record
This close sat 4.89% below the highest gold close recorded up to that date, set on 2000-09-27.
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This page is a historical record of the gold price in 20 April 2001, not the current price.See today's gold price (11 September 2026)
Gold closed at $264.80 per troy ounce on 20 April 2001, down $0.500 (0.19%) from the previous close of $265.30.
This close sat 4.89% below the highest gold close recorded up to that date, set on 2000-09-27.
Metal value only, before dealer margins and fabrication.
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Gold closed at $264.80 per troy ounce on 20 April 2001. That is $0.50 lower than the previous close of $265.30, a move of -0.19%.
The gold price fell on 20 April 2001, losing $0.50 (0.19%) against the previous session's close of $265.30.
At $264.80 per troy ounce, one gram of pure gold was worth about $8.51 on 20 April 2001. A troy ounce is 31.1034768 grams.
Scrap value follows purity, so on 20 April 2001 18k gold was worth about $6.39 per gram and 14k about $4.97 per gram, against $8.51 for pure 24k. These are melt values before any dealer margin.
The gold-to-silver ratio closed at about 59.7 on 20 April 2001, meaning one ounce of gold was worth roughly 59.7 ounces of silver.
It closed 4.89% below the highest close on record up to that date, which was set on 2000-09-27.