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Gold's highest closing price on record
Gold closed at $3,406.20 per troy ounce on 21 April 2025, up $97.50 (2.95%) from the previous close of $3,308.70.
Notable session: highest close of the month.
Metal value only, before dealer margins and fabrication.
Twelve months earlier gold traded around $2,291.40, making this a +48.65% move year on year.
Figures in this section are shown in USD, independent of the currency selected above.
Gold closed at $3,406.20 per troy ounce on 21 April 2025. That is $97.50 higher than the previous close of $3,308.70, a move of 2.95%.
The gold price rose on 21 April 2025, gaining $97.50 (2.95%) against the previous session's close of $3,308.70.
At $3,406.20 per troy ounce, one gram of pure gold was worth about $109.51 on 21 April 2025. A troy ounce is 31.1034768 grams.
Scrap value follows purity, so on 21 April 2025 18k gold was worth about $82.13 per gram and 14k about $63.88 per gram, against $109.51 for pure 24k. These are melt values before any dealer margin.
The gold-to-silver ratio closed at about 104.8 on 21 April 2025, meaning one ounce of gold was worth roughly 104.8 ounces of silver.
A week before 21 April 2025, gold was around $3,204.80 per troy ounce, so the close of $3,406.20 is a gain of 6.3% over the week.
A month before 21 April 2025, gold was around $3,018.20 per troy ounce, so the close of $3,406.20 is a gain of 12.9% over the month.
A year before 21 April 2025, gold was around $2,291.40 per troy ounce. The close of $3,406.20 therefore represents a rise of 48.7% over twelve months.