Highest so far that year
At the time, no session earlier in the year had closed higher.
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This page is a historical record of the gold price in 10 March 2005, not the current price.See today's gold price (11 September 2026)
Highest closing price since 28 December 2004
Gold closed at $442.80 per troy ounce on 10 March 2005, up $0.700 (0.16%) from the previous close of $442.10.
This close extended a run of 5 consecutive sessions of gains. Runs are more informative than any one day inside them: they show direction holding rather than a single session's noise.
At the time, no session earlier in the year had closed higher.
This close sat 2.89% below the highest gold close recorded up to that date, set on 2004-12-03.
Metal value only, before dealer margins and fabrication.
Twelve months earlier gold traded around $400.00, making this a +10.70% move year on year.
Figures in this section are shown in USD, independent of the currency selected above.
Gold closed at $442.80 per troy ounce on 10 March 2005. That is $0.70 higher than the previous close of $442.10, a move of 0.16%.
The gold price rose on 10 March 2005, gaining $0.70 (0.16%) against the previous session's close of $442.10.
At $442.80 per troy ounce, one gram of pure gold was worth about $14.24 on 10 March 2005. A troy ounce is 31.1034768 grams.
Scrap value follows purity, so on 10 March 2005 18k gold was worth about $10.68 per gram and 14k about $8.30 per gram, against $14.24 for pure 24k. These are melt values before any dealer margin.
The gold-to-silver ratio closed at about 59.1 on 10 March 2005, meaning one ounce of gold was worth roughly 59.1 ounces of silver.
A week before 10 March 2005, gold was around $429.90 per troy ounce, so the close of $442.80 is a gain of 3.0% over the week.
A month before 10 March 2005, gold was around $417.20 per troy ounce, so the close of $442.80 is a gain of 6.1% over the month.
This close was session 5 of a consecutive run of gains. A run is counted by closes, so an intraday reversal that still closed in the same direction does not break it.
It closed 2.89% below the highest close on record up to that date, which was set on 2004-12-03.