Highest so far that month
No earlier session that month closed above this level.
This page is a historical record of the gold price in 8 April 2014, not the current price.See today's gold price (11 September 2026)
Highest closing price since 25 March 2014
Gold closed at $1,308.70 per troy ounce on 8 April 2014, up $10.70 (0.82%) from the previous close of $1,298.00.
No earlier session that month closed above this level.
This close sat 30.71% 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 $1,572.00, making this a -16.75% move year on year.
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Gold closed at $1,308.70 per troy ounce on 8 April 2014. That is $10.70 higher than the previous close of $1,298.00, a move of 0.82%.
The gold price rose on 8 April 2014, gaining $10.70 (0.82%) against the previous session's close of $1,298.00.
At $1,308.70 per troy ounce, one gram of pure gold was worth about $42.08 on 8 April 2014. A troy ounce is 31.1034768 grams.
Scrap value follows purity, so on 8 April 2014 18k gold was worth about $31.56 per gram and 14k about $24.54 per gram, against $42.08 for pure 24k. These are melt values before any dealer margin.
The gold-to-silver ratio closed at about 65.3 on 8 April 2014, meaning one ounce of gold was worth roughly 65.3 ounces of silver.
A year before 8 April 2014, gold was around $1,572.00 per troy ounce. The close of $1,308.70 therefore represents a fall of 16.7% over twelve months.
It closed 30.71% below the highest close on record up to that date, which was set on 2011-08-22.