Distance from the record
This close sat 2.04% below the highest gold close recorded up to that date, set on 2002-04-01.
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This page is a historical record of the gold price in 3 April 2002, not the current price.See today's gold price (11 September 2026)
Gold closed at $302.60 per troy ounce on 3 April 2002, down $3.300 (1.08%) from the previous close of $305.90.
This close sat 2.04% 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 $256.80, making this a +17.83% move year on year.
Figures in this section are shown in USD, independent of the currency selected above.
Gold closed at $302.60 per troy ounce on 3 April 2002. That is $3.30 lower than the previous close of $305.90, a move of -1.08%.
The gold price fell on 3 April 2002, losing $3.30 (1.08%) against the previous session's close of $305.90.
At $302.60 per troy ounce, one gram of pure gold was worth about $9.73 on 3 April 2002. A troy ounce is 31.1034768 grams.
Scrap value follows purity, so on 3 April 2002 18k gold was worth about $7.30 per gram and 14k about $5.68 per gram, against $9.73 for pure 24k. These are melt values before any dealer margin.
The gold-to-silver ratio closed at about 65.0 on 3 April 2002, meaning one ounce of gold was worth roughly 65.0 ounces of silver.
A year before 3 April 2002, gold was around $256.80 per troy ounce. The close of $302.60 therefore represents a rise of 17.8% over twelve months.
It closed 2.04% below the highest close on record up to that date, which was set on 2002-04-01.