Gold price in April 2008: daily prices, high, low and change
Gold closed April 2008 at $862.80 an ounce, down 5.83% on the month. The highest close was $945.10 on 16 Apr and the lowest $862.80 on 30 Apr. Every trading day below, with ranks and context computed from COMEX data.
Gold price chart, April 2008 (daily close and high-low range, US$ per ounce)
Gold line = daily settlement; bars = intraday high to low where available; dashed line = March 2008 close ($916.20).
Daily gold prices in April 2008 (22 trading days)
| Date | Open | High | Low | Close | Change | % change |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Tue 1 Apr worst day | $915.00 | $919.80 | $871.80 | $882.90 | −$33.30 | −3.63% |
| Wed 2 Apr | $884.00 | $906.50 | $881.20 | $895.20 | +$12.30 | +1.39% |
| Thu 3 Apr | $901.20 | $907.50 | $889.60 | $905.00 | +$9.80 | +1.09% |
| Fri 4 Apr | $904.70 | $914.90 | $898.80 | $909.00 | +$4.00 | +0.44% |
| Mon 7 Apr | $915.30 | $927.20 | $912.30 | $922.70 | +$13.70 | +1.51% |
| Tue 8 Apr | $924.20 | $925.30 | $909.30 | $914.00 | −$8.70 | −0.94% |
| Wed 9 Apr best day | $916.00 | $935.50 | $904.10 | $933.60 | +$19.60 | +2.14% |
| Thu 10 Apr | $931.30 | $939.20 | $922.40 | $928.30 | −$5.30 | −0.57% |
| Fri 11 Apr | $919.60 | $931.20 | $919.60 | $923.60 | −$4.70 | −0.51% |
| Mon 14 Apr | $917.00 | $929.40 | $915.60 | $925.40 | +$1.80 | +0.19% |
| Tue 15 Apr | $924.30 | $936.00 | $924.30 | $928.70 | +$3.30 | +0.36% |
| Wed 16 Apr | $927.20 | $948.70 | $927.20 | $945.10 | +$16.40 | +1.77% |
| Thu 17 Apr | — | — | — | $939.80 | −$5.30 | −0.56% |
| Fri 18 Apr | $936.00 | $936.00 | $907.20 | $912.20 | −$27.60 | −2.94% |
| Mon 21 Apr | $922.50 | $924.60 | $914.10 | $914.70 | +$2.50 | +0.27% |
| Tue 22 Apr | $920.60 | $922.80 | $916.20 | $922.30 | +$7.60 | +0.83% |
| Wed 23 Apr | $916.80 | $921.50 | $898.80 | $906.20 | −$16.10 | −1.75% |
| Thu 24 Apr | $902.40 | $904.80 | $885.10 | $886.80 | −$19.40 | −2.14% |
| Fri 25 Apr | $878.20 | $893.60 | $878.10 | $887.20 | +$0.40 | +0.05% |
| Mon 28 Apr | $887.00 | $893.80 | $887.00 | $892.90 | +$5.70 | +0.64% |
| Tue 29 Apr | $890.60 | $890.60 | $869.60 | $874.20 | −$18.70 | −2.09% |
| Wed 30 Apr | — | — | — | $862.80 | −$11.40 | −1.30% |
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 2 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 2008 | Open | High | Low | Close | Change |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Settlements | $882.90 | $945.10 | $862.80 | $862.80 | −5.83% |
| Intraday | $915.00 | $948.70 16 Apr | $869.60 29 Apr | $862.80 | — |
Settlements: first, highest, lowest and last daily close of the month (the basis used on the 2008 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 2008: summary
Gold dropped 5.83% in April 2008, from $916.20 at the end of March 2008 to $862.80 an ounce. Settlement prices ranged from $862.80 on 30 April 2008 to $945.10 on 16 April 2008, a spread of $82.30 (9.0%), wider than the 6.8% average of the previous 12 months. Gold closed higher on 12 of 22 trading days and lower on 10; the strongest session was 9 April 2008 (+2.14%) and the weakest 1 April 2008 (−3.63%).
That was the biggest monthly fall since April 2004.
How April 2008 compares
- Against other Aprils: at −5.83%, April 2008 ranks 24th of 26 Aprils since 2001 (best first).
- Against every month: it ranks 294th of 313 months since September 2000, better than 6% of them.
- Range: the gap between the highest and lowest close was $82.30, or 9.0% of the opening level, 1.3× the 6.8% average of the previous 12 months.
- Daily moves: the average day moved 1.23% (up or down), against 0.85% over the previous 12 months, so April 2008 was more volatile than usual.
- Streaks: the longest run of higher closes was 4 days and the longest run of lower closes 2 days.
- Bigger picture: at the month-end close gold was +3.34% for 2008 to the end of April and +26.79% over 12 months (against the April 2007 close of $680.50).
- Average price: the mean of the 22 daily closes was $909.66; the World Bank's monthly average of the London (LBMA) price was $910.00.
Across the other 25 completed Aprils since 2001, gold averaged +1.57% and rose in 16 of them (64%). April 2008 lagged that average by 7.4 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 2008 in today's dollars
Adjusted for US consumer-price inflation, the $862.80 closing price equals about $1,356 in September 2026 dollars (CPI 213.9 in April 2008 against 336.3 in September 2026, FRED series CPIAUCSL), 57% 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 2008
The gold price in 2008 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 2008?
Gold closed April 2008 at $862.80 an ounce (COMEX settlement). It opened the month at $882.90 and averaged $909.66 across 22 trading days; the World Bank’s London average for the month was $910.00.
Did gold go up in April 2008?
No. Gold was down 5.83% in April 2008, from $916.20 at the end of March 2008 to $862.80. It closed higher on 12 of 22 days. Among Aprils since 2001 it ranks 24th of 26 (best first).
What was the highest gold price in April 2008?
The highest close was $945.10 on 16 April 2008. The highest intraday price in the daily bars was $948.70 on 16 April 2008.
What was the lowest gold price in April 2008?
The lowest close was $862.80 on 30 April 2008, $82.30 (9.0%) below the month’s highest close. The lowest intraday price was $869.60 on 29 April 2008.
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