Distance from the record
This close sat 34.06% 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 5 April 2017, not the current price.See today's gold price (11 September 2026)
Gold closed at $1,245.40 per troy ounce on 5 April 2017, down $9.600 (0.76%) from the previous close of $1,255.00.
Notable session: lowest close of the month.
This close sat 34.06% 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 $1,228.40, making this a +1.38% move year on year.
Figures in this section are shown in USD, independent of the currency selected above.
Gold closed at $1,245.40 per troy ounce on 5 April 2017. That is $9.60 lower than the previous close of $1,255.00, a move of -0.76%.
The gold price fell on 5 April 2017, losing $9.60 (0.76%) against the previous session's close of $1,255.00.
At $1,245.40 per troy ounce, one gram of pure gold was worth about $40.04 on 5 April 2017. A troy ounce is 31.1034768 grams.
Scrap value follows purity, so on 5 April 2017 18k gold was worth about $30.03 per gram and 14k about $23.36 per gram, against $40.04 for pure 24k. These are melt values before any dealer margin.
The gold-to-silver ratio closed at about 68.6 on 5 April 2017, meaning one ounce of gold was worth roughly 68.6 ounces of silver.
It closed 34.06% below the highest close on record up to that date, which was set on 2011-08-22.