Gold price in April 2021: daily prices, high, low and change
Gold closed April 2021 at $1,767.70 an ounce, up 3.15% on the month. The highest close was $1,793.10 on 21 Apr and the lowest $1,728.40 on 1 Apr. Every trading day below, with ranks and context computed from COMEX data.
Gold price chart, April 2021 (daily close and high-low range, US$ per ounce)
Gold line = daily settlement; bars = intraday high to low where available; dashed line = March 2021 close ($1,713.80).
Daily gold prices in April 2021 (21 trading days)
| Date | Open | High | Low | Close | Change | % change |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Thu 1 Apr | $1,709.00 | $1,732.00 | $1,706.40 | $1,728.40 | +$14.60 | +0.85% |
| Mon 5 Apr | $1,730.00 | $1,734.40 | $1,721.60 | $1,728.80 | +$0.40 | +0.02% |
| Tue 6 Apr | $1,729.20 | $1,746.70 | $1,728.20 | $1,743.00 | +$14.20 | +0.82% |
| Wed 7 Apr | $1,744.40 | $1,745.40 | $1,731.20 | $1,741.60 | −$1.40 | −0.08% |
| Thu 8 Apr | $1,738.60 | $1,759.40 | $1,733.60 | $1,758.20 | +$16.60 | +0.95% |
| Fri 9 Apr worst day | $1,756.50 | $1,758.20 | $1,730.80 | $1,744.80 | −$13.40 | −0.76% |
| Mon 12 Apr | $1,744.50 | $1,746.20 | $1,727.00 | $1,732.70 | −$12.10 | −0.69% |
| Tue 13 Apr | $1,732.20 | $1,749.50 | $1,723.20 | $1,747.60 | +$14.90 | +0.86% |
| Wed 14 Apr | $1,746.40 | $1,750.70 | $1,732.30 | $1,736.30 | −$11.30 | −0.65% |
| Thu 15 Apr best day | $1,736.60 | $1,770.60 | $1,734.40 | $1,766.80 | +$30.50 | +1.76% |
| Fri 16 Apr | $1,764.80 | $1,784.70 | $1,760.30 | $1,780.20 | +$13.40 | +0.76% |
| Mon 19 Apr | $1,778.80 | $1,790.40 | $1,766.60 | $1,770.60 | −$9.60 | −0.54% |
| Tue 20 Apr | $1,770.50 | $1,780.80 | $1,763.50 | $1,778.40 | +$7.80 | +0.44% |
| Wed 21 Apr | $1,779.10 | $1,798.40 | $1,776.60 | $1,793.10 | +$14.70 | +0.83% |
| Thu 22 Apr | $1,794.50 | $1,798.10 | $1,777.10 | $1,782.00 | −$11.10 | −0.62% |
| Fri 23 Apr | $1,784.00 | $1,796.30 | $1,769.50 | $1,777.80 | −$4.20 | −0.24% |
| Mon 26 Apr | $1,776.10 | $1,783.10 | $1,768.20 | $1,780.10 | +$2.30 | +0.13% |
| Tue 27 Apr | $1,781.10 | $1,785.90 | $1,773.90 | $1,778.80 | −$1.30 | −0.07% |
| Wed 28 Apr | $1,776.40 | $1,782.70 | $1,761.80 | $1,773.90 | −$4.90 | −0.28% |
| Thu 29 Apr | $1,781.90 | $1,789.90 | $1,754.60 | $1,768.30 | −$5.60 | −0.32% |
| Fri 30 Apr | $1,772.40 | $1,773.30 | $1,763.30 | $1,767.70 | −$0.60 | −0.03% |
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 2021 | Open | High | Low | Close | Change |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Settlements | $1,728.40 | $1,793.10 | $1,728.40 | $1,767.70 | +3.15% |
| Intraday | $1,709.00 | $1,798.40 21 Apr | $1,706.40 1 Apr | $1,767.70 | — |
Settlements: first, highest, lowest and last daily close of the month (the basis used on the 2021 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 2021: summary
Gold climbed 3.15% in April 2021, from $1,713.80 at the end of March 2021 to $1,767.70 an ounce. Gold closed higher on 10 of 21 trading days and lower on 11; the strongest session was 15 April 2021 (+1.76%) and the weakest 9 April 2021 (−0.76%). Settlement prices ranged from $1,728.40 on 1 April 2021 to $1,793.10 on 21 April 2021, a spread of $64.70 (3.8%), narrower than the 6.7% average of the previous 12 months.
It ended a run of 3 straight monthly losses.
How April 2021 compares
- Against other Aprils: at +3.15%, April 2021 ranks 8th of 26 Aprils since 2001 (best first).
- Against every month: it ranks 97th of 313 months since September 2000, better than 69% of them.
- Range: the gap between the highest and lowest close was $64.70, or 3.8% of the opening level, 0.6× the 6.7% average of the previous 12 months.
- Daily moves: the average day moved 0.56% (up or down), against 0.88% over the previous 12 months, so April 2021 was calmer than usual.
- Streaks: the longest run of higher closes was 3 days and the longest run of lower closes 4 days.
- Bigger picture: at the month-end close gold was −6.72% for 2021 to the end of April and +4.96% over 12 months (against the April 2020 close of $1,684.20).
- Average price: the mean of the 21 daily closes was $1,760.91; the World Bank's monthly average of the London (LBMA) price was $1,760.00.
Across the other 25 completed Aprils since 2001, gold averaged +1.21% and rose in 15 of them (60%). April 2021 beat that average by 1.9 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 2021 in today's dollars
Adjusted for US consumer-price inflation, the $1,767.70 closing price equals about $2,230 in September 2026 dollars (CPI 266.6 in April 2021 against 336.3 in September 2026, FRED series CPIAUCSL), 26% 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 2021
The gold price in 2021 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 2021?
Gold closed April 2021 at $1,767.70 an ounce (COMEX settlement). It opened the month at $1,728.40 and averaged $1,760.91 across 21 trading days; the World Bank’s London average for the month was $1,760.00.
Did gold go up in April 2021?
Yes. Gold was up 3.15% in April 2021, from $1,713.80 at the end of March 2021 to $1,767.70. It closed higher on 10 of 21 days. Among Aprils since 2001 it ranks 8th of 26 (best first).
What was the highest gold price in April 2021?
The highest close was $1,793.10 on 21 April 2021. The highest intraday price in the daily bars was $1,798.40 on 21 April 2021.
What was the lowest gold price in April 2021?
The lowest close was $1,728.40 on 1 April 2021, $64.70 (3.8%) below the month’s highest close. The lowest intraday price was $1,706.40 on 1 April 2021.
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