Lowest closing price since 1 August 2005
Gold closed at $465.10 per troy ounce on 1 October 2005, down $3.900 (0.83%) from the previous close of $469.00.
Metal value only, before dealer margins and fabrication.
Twelve months earlier gold traded around $428.50, making this a +8.54% move year on year.
Figures in this section are shown in USD, independent of the currency selected above.
Gold closed at $465.10 per troy ounce on 1 October 2005. That is $3.90 lower than the previous close of $469.00, a move of -0.83%.
The gold price fell on 1 October 2005, losing $3.90 (0.83%) against the previous session's close of $469.00.
At $465.10 per troy ounce, one gram of pure gold was worth about $14.95 on 1 October 2005. A troy ounce is 31.1034768 grams.
Scrap value follows purity, so on 1 October 2005 18k gold was worth about $11.21 per gram and 14k about $8.72 per gram, against $14.95 for pure 24k. These are melt values before any dealer margin.
The gold-to-silver ratio closed at about 61.6 on 1 October 2005, meaning one ounce of gold was worth roughly 61.6 ounces of silver.
A week before 1 October 2005, gold was around $469.00 per troy ounce, so the close of $465.10 is a loss of 0.8% over the week.
A month before 1 October 2005, gold was around $469.00 per troy ounce, so the close of $465.10 is a loss of 0.8% over the month.
A year before 1 October 2005, gold was around $428.50 per troy ounce. The close of $465.10 therefore represents a rise of 8.5% over twelve months.