Distance from the record
This close sat 14.27% below the highest gold close recorded up to that date, set on 2003-02-04.
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This page is a historical record of the gold price in 3 April 2003, not the current price.See today's gold price (11 September 2026)
Lowest closing price since 11 December 2002
Gold closed at $324.90 per troy ounce on 3 April 2003, down $4.700 (1.43%) from the previous close of $329.60.
This close sat 14.27% below the highest gold close recorded up to that date, set on 2003-02-04.
One of the ten lowest gold closes of that year, ranking 245 of 249 sessions.
Metal value only, before dealer margins and fabrication.
Twelve months earlier gold traded around $302.60, making this a +7.37% move year on year.
Figures in this section are shown in USD, independent of the currency selected above.
Gold closed at $324.90 per troy ounce on 3 April 2003. That is $4.70 lower than the previous close of $329.60, a move of -1.43%.
The gold price fell on 3 April 2003, losing $4.70 (1.43%) against the previous session's close of $329.60.
At $324.90 per troy ounce, one gram of pure gold was worth about $10.45 on 3 April 2003. A troy ounce is 31.1034768 grams.
Scrap value follows purity, so on 3 April 2003 18k gold was worth about $7.83 per gram and 14k about $6.09 per gram, against $10.45 for pure 24k. These are melt values before any dealer margin.
The gold-to-silver ratio closed at about 73.7 on 3 April 2003, meaning one ounce of gold was worth roughly 73.7 ounces of silver.
A month before 3 April 2003, gold was around $349.20 per troy ounce, so the close of $324.90 is a loss of 7.0% over the month.
It closed 14.27% below the highest close on record up to that date, which was set on 2003-02-04.