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No earlier session that month closed above this level.
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This page is a historical record of the gold price in 7 April 2008, not the current price.See today's gold price (11 September 2026)
Highest closing price since 28 March 2008
Gold closed at $922.70 per troy ounce on 7 April 2008, up $13.70 (1.51%) from the previous close of $909.00.
This close extended a run of 4 consecutive sessions of gains. Runs are more informative than any one day inside them: they show direction holding rather than a single session's noise.
No earlier session that month closed above this level.
This close sat 8.02% below the highest gold close recorded up to that date, set on 2008-03-18.
Metal value only, before dealer margins and fabrication.
Twelve months earlier gold traded around $674.20, making this a +36.86% move year on year.
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Gold closed at $922.70 per troy ounce on 7 April 2008. That is $13.70 higher than the previous close of $909.00, a move of 1.51%.
The gold price rose on 7 April 2008, gaining $13.70 (1.51%) against the previous session's close of $909.00.
At $922.70 per troy ounce, one gram of pure gold was worth about $29.67 on 7 April 2008. A troy ounce is 31.1034768 grams.
Scrap value follows purity, so on 7 April 2008 18k gold was worth about $22.25 per gram and 14k about $17.30 per gram, against $29.67 for pure 24k. These are melt values before any dealer margin.
The gold-to-silver ratio closed at about 51.0 on 7 April 2008, meaning one ounce of gold was worth roughly 51.0 ounces of silver.
A month before 7 April 2008, gold was around $972.20 per troy ounce, so the close of $922.70 is a loss of 5.1% over the month.
A year before 7 April 2008, gold was around $674.20 per troy ounce. The close of $922.70 therefore represents a rise of 36.9% over twelve months.
This close was session 4 of a consecutive run of gains. A run is counted by closes, so an intraday reversal that still closed in the same direction does not break it.
It closed 8.02% below the highest close on record up to that date, which was set on 2008-03-18.