Distance from the record
This close sat 17.84% 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 4 April 2013, not the current price.See today's gold price (11 September 2026)
Lowest closing price since 28 June 2012
Gold closed at $1,551.80 per troy ounce on 4 April 2013, down $1.000 (0.06%) from the previous close of $1,552.80.
This close extended a run of 4 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 17.84% 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 $1,612.30, making this a -3.75% move year on year.
Figures in this section are shown in USD, independent of the currency selected above.
Gold closed at $1,551.80 per troy ounce on 4 April 2013. That is $1.00 lower than the previous close of $1,552.80, a move of -0.06%.
The gold price fell on 4 April 2013, losing $1.00 (0.06%) against the previous session's close of $1,552.80.
At $1,551.80 per troy ounce, one gram of pure gold was worth about $49.89 on 4 April 2013. A troy ounce is 31.1034768 grams.
Scrap value follows purity, so on 4 April 2013 18k gold was worth about $37.42 per gram and 14k about $29.10 per gram, against $49.89 for pure 24k. These are melt values before any dealer margin.
The gold-to-silver ratio closed at about 58.0 on 4 April 2013, meaning one ounce of gold was worth roughly 58.0 ounces of silver.
A week before 4 April 2013, gold was around $1,594.80 per troy ounce, so the close of $1,551.80 is a loss of 2.7% over the week.
This close was session 4 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 17.84% below the highest close on record up to that date, which was set on 2011-08-22.