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 9 April 2012, not the current price.See today's gold price (11 September 2026)
Gold closed at $1,642.50 per troy ounce on 9 April 2012, up $14.00 (0.86%) from the previous close of $1,628.50.
This was the strongest close of the week up to that point.
This close sat 13.04% 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 $1,473.40, making this a +11.48% move year on year.
Figures in this section are shown in USD, independent of the currency selected above.
Gold closed at $1,642.50 per troy ounce on 9 April 2012. That is $14.00 higher than the previous close of $1,628.50, a move of 0.86%.
The gold price rose on 9 April 2012, gaining $14.00 (0.86%) against the previous session's close of $1,628.50.
At $1,642.50 per troy ounce, one gram of pure gold was worth about $52.81 on 9 April 2012. A troy ounce is 31.1034768 grams.
Scrap value follows purity, so on 9 April 2012 18k gold was worth about $39.61 per gram and 14k about $30.80 per gram, against $52.81 for pure 24k. These are melt values before any dealer margin.
The gold-to-silver ratio closed at about 52.1 on 9 April 2012, meaning one ounce of gold was worth roughly 52.1 ounces of silver.
A week before 9 April 2012, gold was around $1,677.50 per troy ounce, so the close of $1,642.50 is a loss of 2.1% over the week.
It closed 13.04% below the highest close on record up to that date, which was set on 2011-08-22.