Distance from the record
This close sat 32.20% below the highest gold close recorded up to that date, set on 2011-08-22.
This page is a historical record of the gold price in 22 April 2014, not the current price.See today's gold price (11 September 2026)
Lowest closing price since 10 February 2014
Gold closed at $1,280.60 per troy ounce on 22 April 2014, down $7.400 (0.57%) from the previous close of $1,288.00.
Notable session: lowest close of the month.
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 32.20% below the highest gold close recorded up to that date, set on 2011-08-22.
Metal value only, before dealer margins and fabrication.
Twelve months earlier gold traded around $1,421.00, making this a -9.88% move year on year.
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Gold closed at $1,280.60 per troy ounce on 22 April 2014. That is $7.40 lower than the previous close of $1,288.00, a move of -0.57%.
The gold price fell on 22 April 2014, losing $7.40 (0.57%) against the previous session's close of $1,288.00.
At $1,280.60 per troy ounce, one gram of pure gold was worth about $41.17 on 22 April 2014. A troy ounce is 31.1034768 grams.
Scrap value follows purity, so on 22 April 2014 18k gold was worth about $30.88 per gram and 14k about $24.02 per gram, against $41.17 for pure 24k. These are melt values before any dealer margin.
The gold-to-silver ratio closed at about 66.2 on 22 April 2014, meaning one ounce of gold was worth roughly 66.2 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 32.20% below the highest close on record up to that date, which was set on 2011-08-22.