Highest closing price since 1 February 2005
Gold closed at $435.00 per troy ounce on 1 April 2005, up $6.300 (1.47%) from the previous close of $428.70.
Metal value only, before dealer margins and fabrication.
Twelve months earlier gold traded around $387.00, making this a +12.40% move year on year.
Figures in this section are shown in USD, independent of the currency selected above.
Gold closed at $435.00 per troy ounce on 1 April 2005. That is $6.30 higher than the previous close of $428.70, a move of 1.47%.
The gold price rose on 1 April 2005, gaining $6.30 (1.47%) against the previous session's close of $428.70.
At $435.00 per troy ounce, one gram of pure gold was worth about $13.99 on 1 April 2005. A troy ounce is 31.1034768 grams.
Scrap value follows purity, so on 1 April 2005 18k gold was worth about $10.49 per gram and 14k about $8.16 per gram, against $13.99 for pure 24k. These are melt values before any dealer margin.
The gold-to-silver ratio closed at about 63.0 on 1 April 2005, meaning one ounce of gold was worth roughly 63.0 ounces of silver.
A week before 1 April 2005, gold was around $428.70 per troy ounce, so the close of $435.00 is a gain of 1.5% over the week.
A month before 1 April 2005, gold was around $428.70 per troy ounce, so the close of $435.00 is a gain of 1.5% over the month.
A year before 1 April 2005, gold was around $387.00 per troy ounce. The close of $435.00 therefore represents a rise of 12.4% over twelve months.