Distance from the record
This close sat 15.18% below the highest gold close recorded up to that date, set on 2020-08-06.
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This page is a historical record of the gold price in 7 April 2021, not the current price.See today's gold price (11 September 2026)
Gold closed at $1,740.10 per troy ounce on 7 April 2021, down $1.400 (0.08%) from the previous close of $1,741.50.
Gold barely moved, closing within 0.08% 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 15.18% 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 $1,664.80, making this a +4.52% move year on year.
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Gold closed at $1,740.10 per troy ounce on 7 April 2021. That is $1.40 lower than the previous close of $1,741.50, a move of -0.08%.
The gold price fell on 7 April 2021, losing $1.40 (0.08%) against the previous session's close of $1,741.50.
At $1,740.10 per troy ounce, one gram of pure gold was worth about $55.95 on 7 April 2021. A troy ounce is 31.1034768 grams.
Scrap value follows purity, so on 7 April 2021 18k gold was worth about $41.96 per gram and 14k about $32.63 per gram, against $55.95 for pure 24k. These are melt values before any dealer margin.
The gold-to-silver ratio closed at about 69.0 on 7 April 2021, meaning one ounce of gold was worth roughly 69.0 ounces of silver.
It closed 15.18% below the highest close on record up to that date, which was set on 2020-08-06.