Highest so far that week
This was the strongest close of the week up to that point.
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This page is a historical record of the gold price in 8 April 2021, not the current price.See today's gold price (11 September 2026)
Gold closed at $1,756.80 per troy ounce on 8 April 2021, up $16.70 (0.96%) from the previous close of $1,740.10.
This was the strongest close of the week up to that point.
This close sat 14.37% 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 $1,665.40, making this a +5.49% move year on year.
Figures in this section are shown in USD, independent of the currency selected above.
Gold closed at $1,756.80 per troy ounce on 8 April 2021. That is $16.70 higher than the previous close of $1,740.10, a move of 0.96%.
The gold price rose on 8 April 2021, gaining $16.70 (0.96%) against the previous session's close of $1,740.10.
At $1,756.80 per troy ounce, one gram of pure gold was worth about $56.48 on 8 April 2021. A troy ounce is 31.1034768 grams.
Scrap value follows purity, so on 8 April 2021 18k gold was worth about $42.36 per gram and 14k about $32.95 per gram, against $56.48 for pure 24k. These are melt values before any dealer margin.
The gold-to-silver ratio closed at about 68.7 on 8 April 2021, meaning one ounce of gold was worth roughly 68.7 ounces of silver.
It closed 14.37% below the highest close on record up to that date, which was set on 2020-08-06.