Distance from the record
This close sat 1.73% below the highest gold close recorded up to that date, set on 2004-03-31.
Loading…
This page is a historical record of the gold price in 8 April 2004, not the current price.See today's gold price (11 September 2026)
Gold closed at $419.90 per troy ounce on 8 April 2004, down $2.900 (0.69%) from the previous close of $422.80.
This close sat 1.73% below the highest gold close recorded up to that date, set on 2004-03-31.
Metal value only, before dealer margins and fabrication.
Twelve months earlier gold traded around $322.20, making this a +30.32% move year on year.
Figures in this section are shown in USD, independent of the currency selected above.
Gold closed at $419.90 per troy ounce on 8 April 2004. That is $2.90 lower than the previous close of $422.80, a move of -0.69%.
The gold price fell on 8 April 2004, losing $2.90 (0.69%) against the previous session's close of $422.80.
At $419.90 per troy ounce, one gram of pure gold was worth about $13.50 on 8 April 2004. A troy ounce is 31.1034768 grams.
Scrap value follows purity, so on 8 April 2004 18k gold was worth about $10.13 per gram and 14k about $7.88 per gram, against $13.50 for pure 24k. These are melt values before any dealer margin.
The gold-to-silver ratio closed at about 51.9 on 8 April 2004, meaning one ounce of gold was worth roughly 51.9 ounces of silver.
A year before 8 April 2004, gold was around $322.20 per troy ounce. The close of $419.90 therefore represents a rise of 30.3% over twelve months.
It closed 1.73% below the highest close on record up to that date, which was set on 2004-03-31.