Gold price in April 2023: daily prices, high, low and change
Gold closed April 2023 at $1,999.10 an ounce, up 1.53% on the month. The highest close was $2,055.30 on 13 Apr and the lowest $1,990.50 on 21 Apr. Every trading day below, with ranks and context computed from COMEX data.
Gold price chart, April 2023 (daily close and high-low range, US$ per ounce)
Gold line = daily settlement; bars = intraday high to low where available; dashed line = March 2023 close ($1,969.00).
Daily gold prices in April 2023 (19 trading days)
| Date | Open | High | Low | Close | Change | % change |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Mon 3 Apr | $1,990.00 | $2,008.00 | $1,965.90 | $2,000.40 | +$31.40 | +1.59% |
| Tue 4 Apr best day | $2,001.30 | $2,043.40 | $1,994.00 | $2,038.20 | +$37.80 | +1.89% |
| Wed 5 Apr | $2,038.20 | $2,049.20 | $2,026.10 | $2,035.60 | −$2.60 | −0.13% |
| Thu 6 Apr | $2,037.10 | $2,037.70 | $2,016.50 | $2,026.40 | −$9.20 | −0.45% |
| Mon 10 Apr | $2,008.60 | $2,021.50 | $1,996.50 | $2,003.80 | −$22.60 | −1.12% |
| Tue 11 Apr | $2,007.00 | $2,022.50 | $2,003.70 | $2,019.00 | +$15.20 | +0.76% |
| Wed 12 Apr | $2,019.10 | $2,043.90 | $2,015.70 | $2,024.90 | +$5.90 | +0.29% |
| Thu 13 Apr | $2,029.50 | $2,063.40 | $2,028.30 | $2,055.30 | +$30.40 | +1.50% |
| Fri 14 Apr worst day | $2,054.70 | $2,061.60 | $2,006.00 | $2,015.80 | −$39.50 | −1.92% |
| Mon 17 Apr | $2,014.10 | $2,028.00 | $1,993.40 | $2,007.00 | −$8.80 | −0.44% |
| Tue 18 Apr | $2,007.90 | $2,024.60 | $2,003.30 | $2,019.70 | +$12.70 | +0.63% |
| Wed 19 Apr | $2,017.90 | $2,020.30 | $1,980.90 | $2,007.30 | −$12.40 | −0.61% |
| Thu 20 Apr | $2,007.70 | $2,024.20 | $2,002.20 | $2,019.10 | +$11.80 | +0.59% |
| Fri 21 Apr | $2,016.10 | $2,016.80 | $1,982.30 | $1,990.50 | −$28.60 | −1.42% |
| Mon 24 Apr | $1,992.00 | $2,001.50 | $1,984.40 | $1,999.80 | +$9.30 | +0.47% |
| Tue 25 Apr | $1,999.40 | $2,014.50 | $1,986.20 | $2,004.50 | +$4.70 | +0.24% |
| Wed 26 Apr | $2,007.70 | $2,020.20 | $1,993.70 | $1,996.00 | −$8.50 | −0.42% |
| Thu 27 Apr | $1,999.80 | $2,013.30 | $1,982.00 | $1,999.00 | +$3.00 | +0.15% |
| Fri 28 Apr | $1,997.20 | $2,004.10 | $1,984.40 | $1,999.10 | +$0.10 | +0.01% |
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 2023 | Open | High | Low | Close | Change |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Settlements | $2,000.40 | $2,055.30 | $1,990.50 | $1,999.10 | +1.53% |
| Intraday | $1,990.00 | $2,063.40 13 Apr | $1,965.90 3 Apr | $1,999.10 | — |
Settlements: first, highest, lowest and last daily close of the month (the basis used on the 2023 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 2023: summary
Gold nudged up 1.53% in April 2023, settling the month at $1,999.10 an ounce against $1,969.00 at the end of March 2023. Gold closed higher on 11 of 19 trading days and lower on 8; the strongest session was 4 April 2023 (+1.89%) and the weakest 14 April 2023 (−1.92%). Settlement prices ranged from $1,990.50 on 21 April 2023 to $2,055.30 on 13 April 2023, a spread of $64.80 (3.3%), narrower than the 5.7% average of the previous 12 months.
The $2,055.30 close on 13 April 2023 was gold's highest since 6 August 2020.
How April 2023 compares
- Against other Aprils: at +1.53%, April 2023 ranks 12th of 26 Aprils since 2001 (best first).
- Against every month: it ranks 143rd of 313 months since September 2000, better than 54% of them.
- Range: the gap between the highest and lowest close was $64.80, or 3.3% of the opening level, 0.6× the 5.7% average of the previous 12 months.
- Daily moves: the average day moved 0.77% (up or down), against 0.71% over the previous 12 months, so April 2023 was about as volatile as usual.
- Streaks: the longest run of higher closes was 3 days and the longest run of lower closes 3 days.
- Bigger picture: at the month-end close gold was +9.47% for 2023 to the end of April and +4.57% over 12 months (against the April 2022 close of $1,911.70).
- Average price: the mean of the 19 daily closes was $2,013.76; the World Bank's monthly average of the London (LBMA) price was $2,000.00.
Across the other 25 completed Aprils since 2001, gold averaged +1.27% and rose in 15 of them (60%). April 2023 beat that average by 0.3 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 2023 in today's dollars
Adjusted for US consumer-price inflation, the $1,999.10 closing price equals about $2,220 in September 2026 dollars (CPI 302.8 in April 2023 against 336.3 in September 2026, FRED series CPIAUCSL), 11% 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 2023
The gold price in 2023 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 2023?
Gold closed April 2023 at $1,999.10 an ounce (COMEX settlement). It opened the month at $2,000.40 and averaged $2,013.76 across 19 trading days; the World Bank’s London average for the month was $2,000.00.
Did gold go up in April 2023?
Yes. Gold was up 1.53% in April 2023, from $1,969.00 at the end of March 2023 to $1,999.10. It closed higher on 11 of 19 days. Among Aprils since 2001 it ranks 12th of 26 (best first).
What was the highest gold price in April 2023?
The highest close was $2,055.30 on 13 April 2023. The highest intraday price in the daily bars was $2,063.40 on 13 April 2023.
What was the lowest gold price in April 2023?
The lowest close was $1,990.50 on 21 April 2023, $64.80 (3.3%) below the month’s highest close. The lowest intraday price was $1,965.90 on 3 April 2023.
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