Gold price in April 2012: daily prices, high, low and change
Gold closed April 2012 at $1,663.40 an ounce, down 0.35% on the month. The highest close was $1,679.50 on 12 Apr and the lowest $1,612.30 on 4 Apr. Every trading day below, with ranks and context computed from COMEX data.
Gold price chart, April 2012 (daily close and high-low range, US$ per ounce)
Gold line = daily settlement; bars = intraday high to low where available; dashed line = March 2012 close ($1,669.30).
Daily gold prices in April 2012 (20 trading days)
| Date | Open | High | Low | Close | Change | % change |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Mon 2 Apr | $1,670.40 | $1,682.80 | $1,662.00 | $1,677.50 | +$8.20 | +0.49% |
| Tue 3 Apr | $1,677.60 | $1,679.50 | $1,638.70 | $1,670.00 | −$7.50 | −0.45% |
| Wed 4 Apr worst day | $1,646.50 | $1,647.00 | $1,612.30 | $1,612.30 | −$57.70 | −3.46% |
| Thu 5 Apr | $1,620.80 | $1,633.20 | $1,620.40 | $1,628.50 | +$16.20 | +1.00% |
| Mon 9 Apr | $1,645.30 | $1,646.40 | $1,636.50 | $1,642.50 | +$14.00 | +0.86% |
| Tue 10 Apr | $1,649.00 | $1,661.70 | $1,636.20 | $1,659.50 | +$17.00 | +1.04% |
| Wed 11 Apr | $1,654.80 | $1,659.70 | $1,654.70 | $1,659.00 | −$0.50 | −0.03% |
| Thu 12 Apr best day | $1,660.00 | $1,680.10 | $1,650.00 | $1,679.50 | +$20.50 | +1.24% |
| Fri 13 Apr | $1,673.30 | $1,674.80 | $1,650.00 | $1,659.10 | −$20.40 | −1.21% |
| Mon 16 Apr | $1,650.80 | $1,656.80 | $1,641.20 | $1,648.70 | −$10.40 | −0.63% |
| Tue 17 Apr | $1,652.00 | $1,652.90 | $1,637.00 | $1,650.30 | +$1.60 | +0.10% |
| Wed 18 Apr | $1,653.20 | $1,653.30 | $1,638.10 | $1,638.80 | −$11.50 | −0.70% |
| Thu 19 Apr | $1,642.10 | $1,653.10 | $1,632.00 | $1,640.60 | +$1.80 | +0.11% |
| Fri 20 Apr | $1,641.70 | $1,645.60 | $1,640.90 | $1,642.10 | +$1.50 | +0.09% |
| Mon 23 Apr | $1,642.40 | $1,642.40 | $1,625.10 | $1,631.90 | −$10.20 | −0.62% |
| Tue 24 Apr | $1,634.40 | $1,648.60 | $1,634.40 | $1,643.00 | +$11.10 | +0.68% |
| Wed 25 Apr | $1,641.30 | $1,643.80 | $1,626.90 | $1,641.40 | −$1.60 | −0.10% |
| Thu 26 Apr | $1,658.30 | $1,659.60 | $1,658.30 | $1,659.60 | +$18.20 | +1.11% |
| Fri 27 Apr | $1,654.50 | $1,666.90 | $1,654.00 | $1,664.00 | +$4.40 | +0.27% |
| Mon 30 Apr | $1,663.00 | $1,665.70 | $1,653.00 | $1,663.40 | −$0.60 | −0.04% |
Close = COMEX gold futures settlement in US dollars per troy ounce; change is against the previous trading day's close.
Monthly open, high, low and close
| April 2012 | Open | High | Low | Close | Change |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Settlements | $1,677.50 | $1,679.50 | $1,612.30 | $1,663.40 | −0.35% |
| Intraday | $1,670.40 | $1,682.80 2 Apr | $1,612.30 4 Apr | $1,663.40 | — |
Settlements: first, highest, lowest and last daily close of the month (the basis used on the 2012 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 2012: summary
Gold slipped 0.35% in April 2012, from $1,669.30 at the end of March 2012 to $1,663.40 an ounce. Settlement prices ranged from $1,612.30 on 4 April 2012 to $1,679.50 on 12 April 2012, a spread of $67.20 (4.0%), narrower than the 8.7% average of the previous 12 months. Gold closed higher on 11 of 20 trading days and lower on 9; the strongest session was 12 April 2012 (+1.24%) and the weakest 4 April 2012 (−3.46%).
It was gold's 3rd monthly loss in a row.
How April 2012 compares
- Against other Aprils: at −0.35%, April 2012 ranks 18th of 26 Aprils since 2001 (best first).
- Against every month: it ranks 182nd of 313 months since September 2000, better than 42% of them.
- Range: the gap between the highest and lowest close was $67.20, or 4.0% of the opening level, 0.5× the 8.7% average of the previous 12 months.
- Daily moves: the average day moved 0.71% (up or down), against 1.00% over the previous 12 months, so April 2012 was calmer than usual.
- Streaks: the longest run of higher closes was 3 days and the longest run of lower closes 2 days.
- Bigger picture: at the month-end close gold was +6.23% for 2012 to the end of April and +6.90% over 12 months (against the April 2011 close of $1,556.00).
- Average price: the mean of the 20 daily closes was $1,650.59; the World Bank's monthly average of the London (LBMA) price was $1,649.00.
Across the other 25 completed Aprils since 2001, gold averaged +1.35% and rose in 16 of them (64%). April 2012 lagged that average by 1.7 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 2012 in today's dollars
Adjusted for US consumer-price inflation, the $1,663.40 closing price equals about $2,441 in September 2026 dollars (CPI 229.2 in April 2012 against 336.3 in September 2026, FRED series CPIAUCSL), 47% 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 2012
The gold price in 2012 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 2012?
Gold closed April 2012 at $1,663.40 an ounce (COMEX settlement). It opened the month at $1,677.50 and averaged $1,650.59 across 20 trading days; the World Bank’s London average for the month was $1,649.00.
Did gold go up in April 2012?
No. Gold was down 0.35% in April 2012, from $1,669.30 at the end of March 2012 to $1,663.40. It closed higher on 11 of 20 days. Among Aprils since 2001 it ranks 18th of 26 (best first).
What was the highest gold price in April 2012?
The highest close was $1,679.50 on 12 April 2012. The highest intraday price in the daily bars was $1,682.80 on 2 April 2012.
What was the lowest gold price in April 2012?
The lowest close was $1,612.30 on 4 April 2012, $67.20 (4.0%) below the month’s highest close. The lowest intraday price was $1,612.30 on 4 April 2012.
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