Gold price in April 2006: daily prices, high, low and change
Gold closed April 2006 at $651.80 an ounce, up 12.03% on the month. The highest close was $651.80 on 28 Apr and the lowest $586.00 on 4 Apr. Every trading day below, with ranks and context computed from COMEX data.
Gold price chart, April 2006 (daily close and high-low range, US$ per ounce)
Gold line = daily settlement; bars = intraday high to low where available; dashed line = March 2006 close ($581.80).
Daily gold prices in April 2006 (19 trading days)
| Date | Open | High | Low | Close | Change | % change |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Mon 3 Apr | $582.00 | $592.00 | $582.00 | $589.40 | +$7.60 | +1.31% |
| Tue 4 Apr | $588.00 | $590.50 | $585.50 | $586.00 | −$3.40 | −0.58% |
| Wed 5 Apr | $587.00 | $590.80 | $582.60 | $587.90 | +$1.90 | +0.32% |
| Thu 6 Apr | $588.00 | $595.60 | $588.00 | $595.20 | +$7.30 | +1.24% |
| Fri 7 Apr | $595.50 | $598.30 | $585.50 | $588.40 | −$6.80 | −1.14% |
| Mon 10 Apr | $589.00 | $599.00 | $589.00 | $597.60 | +$9.20 | +1.56% |
| Tue 11 Apr | $602.00 | $604.00 | $595.00 | $595.20 | −$2.40 | −0.40% |
| Wed 12 Apr | $597.30 | $600.00 | $597.30 | $597.50 | +$2.30 | +0.39% |
| Thu 13 Apr | $596.50 | $597.50 | $592.00 | $596.50 | −$1.00 | −0.17% |
| Mon 17 Apr best day | $605.00 | $616.50 | $605.00 | $615.40 | +$18.90 | +3.17% |
| Tue 18 Apr | $614.60 | $620.50 | $614.60 | $620.00 | +$4.60 | +0.75% |
| Wed 19 Apr | — | — | — | $632.60 | +$12.60 | +2.03% |
| Thu 20 Apr worst day | $640.00 | $642.00 | $611.00 | $619.80 | −$12.80 | −2.02% |
| Fri 21 Apr | $615.00 | $637.00 | $611.20 | $632.20 | +$12.40 | +2.00% |
| Mon 24 Apr | $634.00 | $634.00 | $620.00 | $620.60 | −$11.60 | −1.83% |
| Tue 25 Apr | $620.60 | $632.00 | $620.60 | $631.00 | +$10.40 | +1.68% |
| Wed 26 Apr | $635.00 | $639.50 | $635.00 | $638.80 | +$7.80 | +1.24% |
| Thu 27 Apr | — | — | — | $633.30 | −$5.50 | −0.86% |
| Fri 28 Apr | — | — | — | $651.80 | +$18.50 | +2.92% |
Close = COMEX gold futures settlement in US dollars per troy ounce; change is against the previous trading day's close. Open, high and low are shown as — on 3 days where the source has no usable intraday data (common before 2012, when the front-month contract traded thinly in the data feed).
Monthly open, high, low and close
| April 2006 | Open | High | Low | Close | Change |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Settlements | $589.40 | $651.80 | $586.00 | $651.80 | +12.03% |
| Intraday | $582.00 | $642.00 20 Apr | $582.00 3 Apr | $651.80 | — |
Settlements: first, highest, lowest and last daily close of the month (the basis used on the 2006 page and the monthly returns heatmap). Intraday: the highest and lowest traded prices in the daily bars.
Source: COMEX gold futures (GC=F) daily settlements and intraday bars via Yahoo Finance; US CPI (FRED CPIAUCSL) for the inflation adjustment; World Bank Pink Sheet for the monthly London average. Figures are final settlements; sources may occasionally revise historical data.
Gold in April 2006: summary
It was the largest monthly gain in the daily record, which starts in August 2000. Gold soared 12.03% in April 2006, from $581.80 at the end of March 2006 to $651.80 an ounce. Settlement prices ranged from $586.00 on 4 April 2006 to $651.80 on 28 April 2006, a spread of $65.80 (11.3%), wider than the 5.7% average of the previous 12 months. Gold closed higher on 12 of 19 trading days and lower on 7; the strongest session was 17 April 2006 (+3.17%) and the weakest 20 April 2006 (−2.02%).
How April 2006 compares
- Against other Aprils: at +12.03%, April 2006 ranks 1st of 26 Aprils since 2001 (best first), the best since 2001.
- Against every month: it ranks 4th of 313 months since September 2000, better than 99% of them.
- Range: the gap between the highest and lowest close was $65.80, or 11.3% of the opening level, 2.0× the 5.7% average of the previous 12 months.
- Daily moves: the average day moved 1.35% (up or down), against 0.72% over the previous 12 months, so April 2006 was more volatile than usual.
- Streaks: the longest run of higher closes was 3 days and the longest run of lower closes 1 day.
- Bigger picture: at the month-end close gold was +26.05% for 2006 to the end of April and +49.84% over 12 months (against the April 2005 close of $435.00).
- Average price: the mean of the 19 daily closes was $612.06; the World Bank's monthly average of the London (LBMA) price was $611.00.
Across the other 25 completed Aprils since 2001, gold averaged +0.85% and rose in 15 of them (60%). April 2006 beat that average by 11.2 percentage points. The gold seasonality tool shows the same statistics for every calendar month, and the monthly returns heatmap lays out all Aprils side by side.
April 2006 in today's dollars
Adjusted for US consumer-price inflation, the $651.80 closing price equals about $1,092 in September 2026 dollars (CPI 200.7 in April 2006 against 336.3 in September 2026, FRED series CPIAUCSL), 68% more than the nominal figure. The gold price history hub restates every year's close on the same basis, and the all-time-high tracker lists every record close in nominal dollars.
Gold price by month in 2006
The gold price in 2006 page has the year's open, high, low and close, and the monthly archive on the gold price history hub explains how these month pages are built.
Frequently asked questions
What was the gold price in April 2006?
Gold closed April 2006 at $651.80 an ounce (COMEX settlement). It opened the month at $589.40 and averaged $612.06 across 19 trading days; the World Bank’s London average for the month was $611.00.
Did gold go up in April 2006?
Yes. Gold was up 12.03% in April 2006, from $581.80 at the end of March 2006 to $651.80. It closed higher on 12 of 19 days. Among Aprils since 2001 it ranks 1st of 26 (best first).
What was the highest gold price in April 2006?
The highest close was $651.80 on 28 April 2006. The highest intraday price in the daily bars was $642.00 on 20 April 2006.
What was the lowest gold price in April 2006?
The lowest close was $586.00 on 4 April 2006, $65.80 (11.3%) below the month’s highest close. The lowest intraday price was $582.00 on 3 April 2006.
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