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 24 April 2002, not the current price.See today's gold price (11 September 2026)
Gold closed at $304.30 per troy ounce on 24 April 2002, up $0.300 (0.10%) from the previous close of $304.00.
This close extended a run of 3 consecutive sessions of gains. Runs are more informative than any one day inside them: they show direction holding rather than a single session's noise.
This was the strongest close of the week up to that point.
This close sat 1.49% 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 $264.10, making this a +15.22% move year on year.
Figures in this section are shown in USD, independent of the currency selected above.
Gold closed at $304.30 per troy ounce on 24 April 2002. That is $0.30 higher than the previous close of $304.00, a move of 0.10%.
The gold price rose on 24 April 2002, gaining $0.30 (0.10%) against the previous session's close of $304.00.
At $304.30 per troy ounce, one gram of pure gold was worth about $9.78 on 24 April 2002. A troy ounce is 31.1034768 grams.
Scrap value follows purity, so on 24 April 2002 18k gold was worth about $7.34 per gram and 14k about $5.71 per gram, against $9.78 for pure 24k. These are melt values before any dealer margin.
The gold-to-silver ratio closed at about 66.8 on 24 April 2002, meaning one ounce of gold was worth roughly 66.8 ounces of silver.
A year before 24 April 2002, gold was around $264.10 per troy ounce. The close of $304.30 therefore represents a rise of 15.2% over twelve months.
This close was session 3 of a consecutive run of gains. A run is counted by closes, so an intraday reversal that still closed in the same direction does not break it.
It closed 1.49% below the highest close on record up to that date, which was set on 2002-04-01.