Highest so far that week
This was the strongest close of the week up to that point.
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This page is a historical record of the gold price in 23 April 2002, not the current price.See today's gold price (11 September 2026)
Gold closed at $304.00 per troy ounce on 23 April 2002, up $1.000 (0.33%) from the previous close of $303.00.
This was the strongest close of the week up to that point.
This close sat 1.59% below the highest gold close recorded up to that date, set on 2002-04-01.
Metal value only, before dealer margins and fabrication.
Twelve months earlier gold traded around $263.70, making this a +15.28% move year on year.
Figures in this section are shown in USD, independent of the currency selected above.
Gold closed at $304.00 per troy ounce on 23 April 2002. That is $1.00 higher than the previous close of $303.00, a move of 0.33%.
The gold price rose on 23 April 2002, gaining $1.00 (0.33%) against the previous session's close of $303.00.
At $304.00 per troy ounce, one gram of pure gold was worth about $9.77 on 23 April 2002. A troy ounce is 31.1034768 grams.
Scrap value follows purity, so on 23 April 2002 18k gold was worth about $7.33 per gram and 14k about $5.70 per gram, against $9.77 for pure 24k. These are melt values before any dealer margin.
The gold-to-silver ratio closed at about 66.6 on 23 April 2002, meaning one ounce of gold was worth roughly 66.6 ounces of silver.
A year before 23 April 2002, gold was around $263.70 per troy ounce. The close of $304.00 therefore represents a rise of 15.3% over twelve months.
It closed 1.59% below the highest close on record up to that date, which was set on 2002-04-01.