Distance from the record
This close sat 30.88% below the highest gold close recorded up to that date, set on 2011-08-22.
This page is a historical record of the gold price in 9 April 2014, not the current price.See today's gold price (11 September 2026)
Gold closed at $1,305.50 per troy ounce on 9 April 2014, down $3.200 (0.24%) from the previous close of $1,308.70.
This close sat 30.88% 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 $1,586.20, making this a -17.70% move year on year.
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Gold closed at $1,305.50 per troy ounce on 9 April 2014. That is $3.20 lower than the previous close of $1,308.70, a move of -0.24%.
The gold price fell on 9 April 2014, losing $3.20 (0.24%) against the previous session's close of $1,308.70.
At $1,305.50 per troy ounce, one gram of pure gold was worth about $41.97 on 9 April 2014. A troy ounce is 31.1034768 grams.
Scrap value follows purity, so on 9 April 2014 18k gold was worth about $31.48 per gram and 14k about $24.48 per gram, against $41.97 for pure 24k. These are melt values before any dealer margin.
The gold-to-silver ratio closed at about 66.1 on 9 April 2014, meaning one ounce of gold was worth roughly 66.1 ounces of silver.
A year before 9 April 2014, gold was around $1,586.20 per troy ounce. The close of $1,305.50 therefore represents a fall of 17.7% over twelve months.
It closed 30.88% below the highest close on record up to that date, which was set on 2011-08-22.