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This page is a historical record of the gold price in 3 April 2008, not the current price.See today's gold price (11 September 2026)
Gold closed at $905.00 per troy ounce on 3 April 2008, up $9.800 (1.09%) from the previous close of $895.20.
No earlier session that month closed above this level.
This close sat 9.79% below the highest gold close recorded up to that date, set on 2008-03-18.
Metal value only, before dealer margins and fabrication.
Twelve months earlier gold traded around $664.00, making this a +36.30% move year on year.
Figures in this section are shown in USD, independent of the currency selected above.
Gold closed at $905.00 per troy ounce on 3 April 2008. That is $9.80 higher than the previous close of $895.20, a move of 1.09%.
The gold price rose on 3 April 2008, gaining $9.80 (1.09%) against the previous session's close of $895.20.
At $905.00 per troy ounce, one gram of pure gold was worth about $29.10 on 3 April 2008. A troy ounce is 31.1034768 grams.
Scrap value follows purity, so on 3 April 2008 18k gold was worth about $21.82 per gram and 14k about $16.97 per gram, against $29.10 for pure 24k. These are melt values before any dealer margin.
The gold-to-silver ratio closed at about 51.9 on 3 April 2008, meaning one ounce of gold was worth roughly 51.9 ounces of silver.
A week before 3 April 2008, gold was around $948.80 per troy ounce, so the close of $905.00 is a loss of 4.6% over the week.
A month before 3 April 2008, gold was around $981.50 per troy ounce, so the close of $905.00 is a loss of 7.8% over the month.
A year before 3 April 2008, gold was around $664.00 per troy ounce. The close of $905.00 therefore represents a rise of 36.3% over twelve months.
It closed 9.79% below the highest close on record up to that date, which was set on 2008-03-18.