Distance from the record
This close sat 11.58% 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 3 April 2012, not the current price.See today's gold price (11 September 2026)
Gold closed at $1,670.00 per troy ounce on 3 April 2012, down $7.500 (0.45%) from the previous close of $1,677.50.
This close sat 11.58% 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 $1,438.90, making this a +16.06% move year on year.
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Gold closed at $1,670.00 per troy ounce on 3 April 2012. That is $7.50 lower than the previous close of $1,677.50, a move of -0.45%.
The gold price fell on 3 April 2012, losing $7.50 (0.45%) against the previous session's close of $1,677.50.
At $1,670.00 per troy ounce, one gram of pure gold was worth about $53.69 on 3 April 2012. A troy ounce is 31.1034768 grams.
Scrap value follows purity, so on 3 April 2012 18k gold was worth about $40.27 per gram and 14k about $31.32 per gram, against $53.69 for pure 24k. These are melt values before any dealer margin.
The gold-to-silver ratio closed at about 50.2 on 3 April 2012, meaning one ounce of gold was worth roughly 50.2 ounces of silver.
A year before 3 April 2012, gold was around $1,438.90 per troy ounce. The close of $1,670.00 therefore represents a rise of 16.1% over twelve months.
It closed 11.58% below the highest close on record up to that date, which was set on 2011-08-22.