Distance from the record
This close sat 9.44% below the highest gold close recorded up to that date, set on 2011-08-22.
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This page is a historical record of the gold price in 28 April 2020, not the current price.See today's gold price (11 September 2026)
Gold closed at $1,710.50 per troy ounce on 28 April 2020, down $1.400 (0.08%) from the previous close of $1,711.90.
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 9.44% below the highest gold close recorded up to that date, set on 2011-08-22.
Metal value only, before dealer margins and fabrication.
Twelve months earlier gold traded around $1,284.90, making this a +33.12% move year on year.
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Gold closed at $1,710.50 per troy ounce on 28 April 2020. That is $1.40 lower than the previous close of $1,711.90, a move of -0.08%.
The gold price fell on 28 April 2020, losing $1.40 (0.08%) against the previous session's close of $1,711.90.
At $1,710.50 per troy ounce, one gram of pure gold was worth about $54.99 on 28 April 2020. A troy ounce is 31.1034768 grams.
Scrap value follows purity, so on 28 April 2020 18k gold was worth about $41.25 per gram and 14k about $32.08 per gram, against $54.99 for pure 24k. These are melt values before any dealer margin.
The gold-to-silver ratio closed at about 112.8 on 28 April 2020, meaning one ounce of gold was worth roughly 112.8 ounces of silver.
A month before 28 April 2020, gold was around $1,623.90 per troy ounce, so the close of $1,710.50 is a gain of 5.3% over the month.
A year before 28 April 2020, gold was around $1,284.90 per troy ounce. The close of $1,710.50 therefore represents a rise of 33.1% 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 9.44% below the highest close on record up to that date, which was set on 2011-08-22.