Distance from the record
This close sat 32.80% 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 23 April 2019, not the current price.See today's gold price (11 September 2026)
Lowest closing price since 26 December 2018
Gold closed at $1,269.30 per troy ounce on 23 April 2019, down $4.200 (0.33%) from the previous close of $1,273.50.
Notable session: lowest close of the year; lowest close of the month.
This close sat 32.80% below the highest gold close recorded up to that date, set on 2011-08-22.
One of the ten lowest gold closes of that year, ranking 253 of 253 sessions.
Metal value only, before dealer margins and fabrication.
Twelve months earlier gold traded around $1,322.50, making this a -4.02% move year on year.
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Gold closed at $1,269.30 per troy ounce on 23 April 2019. That is $4.20 lower than the previous close of $1,273.50, a move of -0.33%.
The gold price fell on 23 April 2019, losing $4.20 (0.33%) against the previous session's close of $1,273.50.
At $1,269.30 per troy ounce, one gram of pure gold was worth about $40.81 on 23 April 2019. A troy ounce is 31.1034768 grams.
Scrap value follows purity, so on 23 April 2019 18k gold was worth about $30.61 per gram and 14k about $23.81 per gram, against $40.81 for pure 24k. These are melt values before any dealer margin.
The gold-to-silver ratio closed at about 85.9 on 23 April 2019, meaning one ounce of gold was worth roughly 85.9 ounces of silver.
It closed 32.80% below the highest close on record up to that date, which was set on 2011-08-22.