Distance from the record
This close sat 6.24% below the highest gold close recorded up to that date, set on 2006-05-11.
This page is a historical record of the gold price in 26 April 2007, not the current price.See today's gold price (11 September 2026)
Lowest closing price since 9 April 2007
Gold closed at $674.90 per troy ounce on 26 April 2007, down $9.200 (1.34%) from the previous close of $684.10.
This close extended a run of 4 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 6.24% below the highest gold close recorded up to that date, set on 2006-05-11.
Metal value only, before dealer margins and fabrication.
Twelve months earlier gold traded around $638.80, making this a +5.65% move year on year.
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Gold closed at $674.90 per troy ounce on 26 April 2007. That is $9.20 lower than the previous close of $684.10, a move of -1.34%.
The gold price fell on 26 April 2007, losing $9.20 (1.34%) against the previous session's close of $684.10.
At $674.90 per troy ounce, one gram of pure gold was worth about $21.70 on 26 April 2007. A troy ounce is 31.1034768 grams.
Scrap value follows purity, so on 26 April 2007 18k gold was worth about $16.27 per gram and 14k about $12.66 per gram, against $21.70 for pure 24k. These are melt values before any dealer margin.
The gold-to-silver ratio closed at about 50.7 on 26 April 2007, meaning one ounce of gold was worth roughly 50.7 ounces of silver.
This close was session 4 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 6.24% below the highest close on record up to that date, which was set on 2006-05-11.