Distance from the record
This close sat 5.20% below the highest gold close recorded up to that date, set on 2020-08-06.
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This page is a historical record of the gold price in 21 April 2022, not the current price.See today's gold price (11 September 2026)
Lowest closing price since 11 April 2022
Gold closed at $1,944.90 per troy ounce on 21 April 2022, down $7.400 (0.38%) from the previous close of $1,952.30.
This close extended a run of 3 consecutive sessions of losses. Runs are more informative than any one day inside them: they show direction holding rather than a single session's noise.
This close sat 5.20% below the highest gold close recorded up to that date, set on 2020-08-06.
Metal value only, before dealer margins and fabrication.
Twelve months earlier gold traded around $1,792.30, making this a +8.51% move year on year.
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Gold closed at $1,944.90 per troy ounce on 21 April 2022. That is $7.40 lower than the previous close of $1,952.30, a move of -0.38%.
The gold price fell on 21 April 2022, losing $7.40 (0.38%) against the previous session's close of $1,952.30.
At $1,944.90 per troy ounce, one gram of pure gold was worth about $62.53 on 21 April 2022. A troy ounce is 31.1034768 grams.
Scrap value follows purity, so on 21 April 2022 18k gold was worth about $46.90 per gram and 14k about $36.48 per gram, against $62.53 for pure 24k. These are melt values before any dealer margin.
The gold-to-silver ratio closed at about 79.0 on 21 April 2022, meaning one ounce of gold was worth roughly 79.0 ounces of silver.
This close was session 3 of a consecutive run of losses. A run is counted by closes, so an intraday reversal that still closed in the same direction does not break it.
It closed 5.20% below the highest close on record up to that date, which was set on 2020-08-06.