Distance from the record
This close sat 31.40% 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 30 April 2014, not the current price.See today's gold price (11 September 2026)
Gold closed at $1,295.60 per troy ounce on 30 April 2014, down $0.400 (0.03%) from the previous close of $1,296.00.
This close extended a run of 3 consecutive sessions of losses. Runs are more informative than any one day inside them: they show direction holding rather than a single session's noise.
This close sat 31.40% 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 $1,472.20, making this a -12.00% move year on year.
Figures in this section are shown in USD, independent of the currency selected above.
Gold closed at $1,295.60 per troy ounce on 30 April 2014. That is $0.40 lower than the previous close of $1,296.00, a move of -0.03%.
The gold price fell on 30 April 2014, losing $0.40 (0.03%) against the previous session's close of $1,296.00.
At $1,295.60 per troy ounce, one gram of pure gold was worth about $41.65 on 30 April 2014. A troy ounce is 31.1034768 grams.
Scrap value follows purity, so on 30 April 2014 18k gold was worth about $31.24 per gram and 14k about $24.30 per gram, against $41.65 for pure 24k. These are melt values before any dealer margin.
The gold-to-silver ratio closed at about 67.8 on 30 April 2014, meaning one ounce of gold was worth roughly 67.8 ounces of silver.
This close was session 3 of a consecutive run of losses. A run is counted by closes, so an intraday reversal that still closed in the same direction does not break it.
It closed 31.40% below the highest close on record up to that date, which was set on 2011-08-22.