Distance from the record
This close sat 3.08% below the highest gold close recorded up to that date, set on 2024-04-19.
This page is a historical record of the gold price in 24 April 2024, not the current price.See today's gold price (11 September 2026)
Lowest closing price since 4 April 2024
Gold closed at $2,324.50 per troy ounce on 24 April 2024, down $3.200 (0.14%) from the previous close of $2,327.70.
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 3.08% below the highest gold close recorded up to that date, set on 2024-04-19.
Metal value only, before dealer margins and fabrication.
Twelve months earlier gold traded around $1,989.10, making this a +16.86% move year on year.
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Gold closed at $2,324.50 per troy ounce on 24 April 2024. That is $3.20 lower than the previous close of $2,327.70, a move of -0.14%.
The gold price fell on 24 April 2024, losing $3.20 (0.14%) against the previous session's close of $2,327.70.
At $2,324.50 per troy ounce, one gram of pure gold was worth about $74.73 on 24 April 2024. A troy ounce is 31.1034768 grams.
Scrap value follows purity, so on 24 April 2024 18k gold was worth about $56.05 per gram and 14k about $43.60 per gram, against $74.73 for pure 24k. These are melt values before any dealer margin.
The gold-to-silver ratio closed at about 85.1 on 24 April 2024, meaning one ounce of gold was worth roughly 85.1 ounces of silver.
A month before 24 April 2024, gold was around $2,158.10 per troy ounce, so the close of $2,324.50 is a gain of 7.7% over the month.
A year before 24 April 2024, gold was around $1,989.10 per troy ounce. The close of $2,324.50 therefore represents a rise of 16.9% over twelve months.
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 3.08% below the highest close on record up to that date, which was set on 2024-04-19.