Gold price in April 2016: daily prices, high, low and change
Gold closed April 2016 at $1,289.20 an ounce, up 4.46% on the month. The highest close was $1,289.20 on 29 Apr and the lowest $1,218.00 on 4 Apr. Every trading day below, with ranks and context computed from COMEX data.
Gold price chart, April 2016 (daily close and high-low range, US$ per ounce)
Gold line = daily settlement; bars = intraday high to low where available; dashed line = March 2016 close ($1,234.20).
Daily gold prices in April 2016 (21 trading days)
| Date | Open | High | Low | Close | Change | % change |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Fri 1 Apr | $1,232.30 | $1,235.20 | $1,209.20 | $1,222.20 | −$12.00 | −0.97% |
| Mon 4 Apr | $1,221.70 | $1,222.30 | $1,215.00 | $1,218.00 | −$4.20 | −0.34% |
| Tue 5 Apr | $1,215.40 | $1,236.70 | $1,215.40 | $1,228.40 | +$10.40 | +0.85% |
| Wed 6 Apr | $1,230.40 | $1,230.40 | $1,217.60 | $1,222.50 | −$5.90 | −0.48% |
| Thu 7 Apr | $1,224.80 | $1,242.90 | $1,224.60 | $1,236.20 | +$13.70 | +1.12% |
| Fri 8 Apr | $1,241.00 | $1,242.80 | $1,232.00 | $1,242.50 | +$6.30 | +0.51% |
| Mon 11 Apr | $1,241.50 | $1,258.70 | $1,241.50 | $1,256.70 | +$14.20 | +1.14% |
| Tue 12 Apr | $1,260.00 | $1,261.70 | $1,253.70 | $1,259.40 | +$2.70 | +0.21% |
| Wed 13 Apr | $1,256.50 | $1,256.90 | $1,241.30 | $1,246.80 | −$12.60 | −1.00% |
| Thu 14 Apr worst day | $1,231.40 | $1,243.70 | $1,224.50 | $1,225.00 | −$21.80 | −1.75% |
| Fri 15 Apr | $1,225.70 | $1,235.00 | $1,225.70 | $1,233.10 | +$8.10 | +0.66% |
| Mon 18 Apr | $1,238.70 | $1,241.10 | $1,232.20 | $1,233.60 | +$0.50 | +0.04% |
| Tue 19 Apr | $1,231.60 | $1,256.20 | $1,228.80 | $1,253.00 | +$19.40 | +1.57% |
| Wed 20 Apr | $1,256.10 | $1,256.10 | $1,243.00 | $1,253.20 | +$0.20 | +0.02% |
| Thu 21 Apr | $1,247.70 | $1,270.60 | $1,247.60 | $1,249.00 | −$4.20 | −0.34% |
| Fri 22 Apr | $1,248.50 | $1,248.50 | $1,228.00 | $1,228.70 | −$20.30 | −1.63% |
| Mon 25 Apr | $1,231.60 | $1,240.90 | $1,231.60 | $1,238.90 | +$10.20 | +0.83% |
| Tue 26 Apr | $1,239.80 | $1,244.20 | $1,233.00 | $1,242.20 | +$3.30 | +0.27% |
| Wed 27 Apr | $1,248.60 | $1,249.50 | $1,248.60 | $1,249.20 | +$7.00 | +0.56% |
| Thu 28 Apr | $1,245.90 | $1,270.10 | $1,238.50 | $1,265.50 | +$16.30 | +1.30% |
| Fri 29 Apr best day | $1,267.30 | $1,295.50 | $1,267.20 | $1,289.20 | +$23.70 | +1.87% |
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 2016 | Open | High | Low | Close | Change |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Settlements | $1,222.20 | $1,289.20 | $1,218.00 | $1,289.20 | +4.46% |
| Intraday | $1,232.30 | $1,295.50 29 Apr | $1,209.20 1 Apr | $1,289.20 | — |
Settlements: first, highest, lowest and last daily close of the month (the basis used on the 2016 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 2016: summary
Gold advanced 4.46% in April 2016, finishing at $1,289.20 an ounce against $1,234.20 at the end of March 2016. Gold closed higher on 14 of 21 trading days and lower on 7; the strongest session was 29 April 2016 (+1.87%) and the weakest 14 April 2016 (−1.75%). Settlement prices ranged from $1,218.00 on 4 April 2016 to $1,289.20 on 29 April 2016, a spread of $71.20 (5.8%), wider than the 5.5% average of the previous 12 months.
The $1,289.20 close on 29 April 2016 was gold's highest since 27 January 2015. It was gold's 4th monthly gain in a row.
How April 2016 compares
- Against other Aprils: at +4.46%, April 2016 ranks 6th of 26 Aprils since 2001 (best first).
- Against every month: it ranks 75th of 313 months since September 2000, better than 76% of them.
- Range: the gap between the highest and lowest close was $71.20, or 5.8% of the opening level, 1.0× the 5.5% average of the previous 12 months.
- Daily moves: the average day moved 0.83% (up or down), against 0.77% over the previous 12 months, so April 2016 was about as volatile as usual.
- Streaks: the longest run of higher closes was 5 days and the longest run of lower closes 2 days.
- Bigger picture: at the month-end close gold was +21.59% for 2016 to the end of April and +9.03% over 12 months (against the April 2015 close of $1,182.40).
- Average price: the mean of the 21 daily closes was $1,242.54; the World Bank's monthly average of the London (LBMA) price was $1,242.00.
Across the other 25 completed Aprils since 2001, gold averaged +1.16% and rose in 15 of them (60%). April 2016 beat that average by 3.3 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 2016 in today's dollars
Adjusted for US consumer-price inflation, the $1,289.20 closing price equals about $1,814 in September 2026 dollars (CPI 239.0 in April 2016 against 336.3 in September 2026, FRED series CPIAUCSL), 41% 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 2016
The gold price in 2016 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 2016?
Gold closed April 2016 at $1,289.20 an ounce (COMEX settlement). It opened the month at $1,222.20 and averaged $1,242.54 across 21 trading days; the World Bank’s London average for the month was $1,242.00.
Did gold go up in April 2016?
Yes. Gold was up 4.46% in April 2016, from $1,234.20 at the end of March 2016 to $1,289.20. It closed higher on 14 of 21 days. Among Aprils since 2001 it ranks 6th of 26 (best first).
What was the highest gold price in April 2016?
The highest close was $1,289.20 on 29 April 2016. The highest intraday price in the daily bars was $1,295.50 on 29 April 2016.
What was the lowest gold price in April 2016?
The lowest close was $1,218.00 on 4 April 2016, $71.20 (5.8%) below the month’s highest close. The lowest intraday price was $1,209.20 on 1 April 2016.
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