Distance from the record
This close sat 7.29% below the highest gold close recorded up to that date, set on 2000-09-27.
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This page is a historical record of the gold price in 5 April 2001, not the current price.See today's gold price (11 September 2026)
Gold closed at $258.10 per troy ounce on 5 April 2001, down $0.300 (0.12%) from the previous close of $258.40.
Gold barely moved, closing within 0.12% of the previous session. Flat days are the majority of any price series and are most useful as the baseline the notable days are measured against.
This close sat 7.29% below the highest gold close recorded up to that date, set on 2000-09-27.
One of the ten lowest gold closes of that year, ranking 240 of 248 sessions.
Metal value only, before dealer margins and fabrication.
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Gold closed at $258.10 per troy ounce on 5 April 2001. That is $0.30 lower than the previous close of $258.40, a move of -0.12%.
The gold price fell on 5 April 2001, losing $0.30 (0.12%) against the previous session's close of $258.40.
At $258.10 per troy ounce, one gram of pure gold was worth about $8.30 on 5 April 2001. A troy ounce is 31.1034768 grams.
Scrap value follows purity, so on 5 April 2001 18k gold was worth about $6.22 per gram and 14k about $4.84 per gram, against $8.30 for pure 24k. These are melt values before any dealer margin.
The gold-to-silver ratio closed at about 59.5 on 5 April 2001, meaning one ounce of gold was worth roughly 59.5 ounces of silver.
It closed 7.29% below the highest close on record up to that date, which was set on 2000-09-27.