Highest so far that week
This was the strongest close of the week up to that point.
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This page is a historical record of the gold price in 5 April 2021, not the current price.See today's gold price (11 September 2026)
Gold closed at $1,727.00 per troy ounce on 5 April 2021, down $40.30 (2.28%) from the previous close of $1,767.30.
Notable session: lowest close of the month.
Gold lost 2.28% in one session, far more than a normal day's range. Falls this size rarely happen in isolation — the days on either side give the move its context.
This was the strongest close of the week up to that point.
This close sat 15.82% below the highest gold close recorded up to that date, set on 2020-08-06.
Metal value only, before dealer margins and fabrication.
Twelve months earlier gold traded around $1,633.70, making this a +5.71% move year on year.
Figures in this section are shown in USD, independent of the currency selected above.
Gold closed at $1,727.00 per troy ounce on 5 April 2021. That is $40.30 lower than the previous close of $1,767.30, a move of -2.28%.
The gold price fell on 5 April 2021, losing $40.30 (2.28%) against the previous session's close of $1,767.30.
At $1,727.00 per troy ounce, one gram of pure gold was worth about $55.52 on 5 April 2021. A troy ounce is 31.1034768 grams.
Scrap value follows purity, so on 5 April 2021 18k gold was worth about $41.64 per gram and 14k about $32.39 per gram, against $55.52 for pure 24k. These are melt values before any dealer margin.
The gold-to-silver ratio closed at about 69.7 on 5 April 2021, meaning one ounce of gold was worth roughly 69.7 ounces of silver.
It closed 15.82% below the highest close on record up to that date, which was set on 2020-08-06.