Distance from the record
This close sat 11.82% below the highest gold close recorded up to that date, set on 2011-08-22.
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This page is a historical record of the gold price in 8 April 2020, not the current price.See today's gold price (11 September 2026)
Gold closed at $1,665.40 per troy ounce on 8 April 2020, up $0.600 (0.04%) from the previous close of $1,664.80.
Gold barely moved, closing within 0.04% 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 11.82% 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 $1,297.10, making this a +28.39% move year on year.
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Gold closed at $1,665.40 per troy ounce on 8 April 2020. That is $0.60 higher than the previous close of $1,664.80, a move of 0.04%.
The gold price rose on 8 April 2020, gaining $0.60 (0.04%) against the previous session's close of $1,664.80.
At $1,665.40 per troy ounce, one gram of pure gold was worth about $53.54 on 8 April 2020. A troy ounce is 31.1034768 grams.
Scrap value follows purity, so on 8 April 2020 18k gold was worth about $40.16 per gram and 14k about $31.23 per gram, against $53.54 for pure 24k. These are melt values before any dealer margin.
The gold-to-silver ratio closed at about 109.9 on 8 April 2020, meaning one ounce of gold was worth roughly 109.9 ounces of silver.
A year before 8 April 2020, gold was around $1,297.10 per troy ounce. The close of $1,665.40 therefore represents a rise of 28.4% over twelve months.
It closed 11.82% below the highest close on record up to that date, which was set on 2011-08-22.