Distance from the record
This close sat 3.27% below the highest gold close recorded up to that date, set on 2002-04-01.
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This page is a historical record of the gold price in 9 April 2002, not the current price.See today's gold price (11 September 2026)
Lowest closing price since 26 March 2002
Gold closed at $298.80 per troy ounce on 9 April 2002, down $1.700 (0.57%) from the previous close of $300.50.
Notable session: lowest close of the month.
This close sat 3.27% below the highest gold close recorded up to that date, set on 2002-04-01.
Metal value only, before dealer margins and fabrication.
Twelve months earlier gold traded around $258.30, making this a +15.68% move year on year.
Figures in this section are shown in USD, independent of the currency selected above.
Gold closed at $298.80 per troy ounce on 9 April 2002. That is $1.70 lower than the previous close of $300.50, a move of -0.57%.
The gold price fell on 9 April 2002, losing $1.70 (0.57%) against the previous session's close of $300.50.
At $298.80 per troy ounce, one gram of pure gold was worth about $9.61 on 9 April 2002. A troy ounce is 31.1034768 grams.
Scrap value follows purity, so on 9 April 2002 18k gold was worth about $7.20 per gram and 14k about $5.60 per gram, against $9.61 for pure 24k. These are melt values before any dealer margin.
The gold-to-silver ratio closed at about 65.7 on 9 April 2002, meaning one ounce of gold was worth roughly 65.7 ounces of silver.
A week before 9 April 2002, gold was around $305.90 per troy ounce, so the close of $298.80 is a loss of 2.3% over the week.
A year before 9 April 2002, gold was around $258.30 per troy ounce. The close of $298.80 therefore represents a rise of 15.7% over twelve months.
It closed 3.27% below the highest close on record up to that date, which was set on 2002-04-01.