Distance from the record
This close sat 3.51% 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 2023, not the current price.See today's gold price (11 September 2026)
Lowest closing price since 31 March 2023
Gold closed at $1,979.50 per troy ounce on 21 April 2023, down $28.10 (1.40%) from the previous close of $2,007.60.
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 3.51% 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 $1,944.90, making this a +1.78% move year on year.
Figures in this section are shown in USD, independent of the currency selected above.
Gold closed at $1,979.50 per troy ounce on 21 April 2023. That is $28.10 lower than the previous close of $2,007.60, a move of -1.40%.
The gold price fell on 21 April 2023, losing $28.10 (1.40%) against the previous session's close of $2,007.60.
At $1,979.50 per troy ounce, one gram of pure gold was worth about $63.64 on 21 April 2023. A troy ounce is 31.1034768 grams.
Scrap value follows purity, so on 21 April 2023 18k gold was worth about $47.73 per gram and 14k about $37.12 per gram, against $63.64 for pure 24k. These are melt values before any dealer margin.
The gold-to-silver ratio closed at about 79.0 on 21 April 2023, meaning one ounce of gold was worth roughly 79.0 ounces of silver.
It closed 3.51% below the highest close on record up to that date, which was set on 2020-08-06.