Highest so far that week
This was the strongest close of the week up to that point.
This page is a historical record of the gold price in 7 April 2014, not the current price.See today's gold price (11 September 2026)
Gold closed at $1,298.00 per troy ounce on 7 April 2014, down $5.200 (0.40%) from the previous close of $1,303.20.
This was the strongest close of the week up to that point.
This close sat 31.28% 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 $1,575.40, making this a -17.61% move year on year.
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Gold closed at $1,298.00 per troy ounce on 7 April 2014. That is $5.20 lower than the previous close of $1,303.20, a move of -0.40%.
The gold price fell on 7 April 2014, losing $5.20 (0.40%) against the previous session's close of $1,303.20.
At $1,298.00 per troy ounce, one gram of pure gold was worth about $41.73 on 7 April 2014. A troy ounce is 31.1034768 grams.
Scrap value follows purity, so on 7 April 2014 18k gold was worth about $31.30 per gram and 14k about $24.34 per gram, against $41.73 for pure 24k. These are melt values before any dealer margin.
The gold-to-silver ratio closed at about 65.3 on 7 April 2014, meaning one ounce of gold was worth roughly 65.3 ounces of silver.
A year before 7 April 2014, gold was around $1,575.40 per troy ounce. The close of $1,298.00 therefore represents a fall of 17.6% over twelve months.
It closed 31.28% below the highest close on record up to that date, which was set on 2011-08-22.