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One of the ten lowest gold closes of that year, ranking 241 of 250 sessions.
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This page is a historical record of the gold price in 10 January 2006, not the current price.See today's gold price (11 September 2026)
Gold closed at $544.30 per troy ounce on 10 January 2006, down $4.800 (0.87%) from the previous close of $549.10.
One of the ten lowest gold closes of that year, ranking 241 of 250 sessions.
Metal value only, before dealer margins and fabrication.
Twelve months earlier gold traded around $419.10, making this a +29.87% move year on year.
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Gold closed at $544.30 per troy ounce on 10 January 2006. That is $4.80 lower than the previous close of $549.10, a move of -0.87%.
The gold price fell on 10 January 2006, losing $4.80 (0.87%) against the previous session's close of $549.10.
At $544.30 per troy ounce, one gram of pure gold was worth about $17.50 on 10 January 2006. A troy ounce is 31.1034768 grams.
Scrap value follows purity, so on 10 January 2006 18k gold was worth about $13.12 per gram and 14k about $10.21 per gram, against $17.50 for pure 24k. These are melt values before any dealer margin.
The gold-to-silver ratio closed at about 60.8 on 10 January 2006, meaning one ounce of gold was worth roughly 60.8 ounces of silver.
A week before 10 January 2006, gold was around $530.70 per troy ounce, so the close of $544.30 is a gain of 2.6% over the week.
A year before 10 January 2006, gold was around $419.10 per troy ounce. The close of $544.30 therefore represents a rise of 29.9% over twelve months.
It closed 0.87% below the highest close on record up to that date, which was set on 2006-01-09.