Distance from the record
This close sat 7.94% below the highest gold close recorded up to that date, set on 2020-08-06.
This page is a historical record of the gold price in 28 April 2022, not the current price.See today's gold price (11 September 2026)
Gold closed at $1,888.70 per troy ounce on 28 April 2022, up $2.800 (0.15%) from the previous close of $1,885.90.
Gold barely moved, closing within 0.15% of the previous session. Flat days are the majority of any price series and are most useful as the baseline the notable days are measured against.
This close sat 7.94% below the highest gold close recorded up to that date, set on 2020-08-06.
Metal value only, before dealer margins and fabrication.
Twelve months earlier gold traded around $1,773.20, making this a +6.51% move year on year.
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Gold closed at $1,888.70 per troy ounce on 28 April 2022. That is $2.80 higher than the previous close of $1,885.90, a move of 0.15%.
The gold price rose on 28 April 2022, gaining $2.80 (0.15%) against the previous session's close of $1,885.90.
At $1,888.70 per troy ounce, one gram of pure gold was worth about $60.72 on 28 April 2022. A troy ounce is 31.1034768 grams.
Scrap value follows purity, so on 28 April 2022 18k gold was worth about $45.54 per gram and 14k about $35.42 per gram, against $60.72 for pure 24k. These are melt values before any dealer margin.
The gold-to-silver ratio closed at about 81.7 on 28 April 2022, meaning one ounce of gold was worth roughly 81.7 ounces of silver.
A week before 28 April 2022, gold was around $1,944.90 per troy ounce, so the close of $1,888.70 is a loss of 2.9% over the week.
It closed 7.94% below the highest close on record up to that date, which was set on 2020-08-06.