This page is a historical record of the gold price in 11 April 2006, not the current price.See today's gold price (11 September 2026)
Gold closed at $595.20 per troy ounce on 11 April 2006, down $2.400 (0.40%) from the previous close of $597.60.
Metal value only, before dealer margins and fabrication.
Twelve months earlier gold traded around $428.60, making this a +38.87% move year on year.
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Gold closed at $595.20 per troy ounce on 11 April 2006. That is $2.40 lower than the previous close of $597.60, a move of -0.40%.
The gold price fell on 11 April 2006, losing $2.40 (0.40%) against the previous session's close of $597.60.
At $595.20 per troy ounce, one gram of pure gold was worth about $19.14 on 11 April 2006. A troy ounce is 31.1034768 grams.
Scrap value follows purity, so on 11 April 2006 18k gold was worth about $14.35 per gram and 14k about $11.16 per gram, against $19.14 for pure 24k. These are melt values before any dealer margin.
The gold-to-silver ratio closed at about 47.3 on 11 April 2006, meaning one ounce of gold was worth roughly 47.3 ounces of silver.
A month before 11 April 2006, gold was around $539.90 per troy ounce, so the close of $595.20 is a gain of 10.2% over the month.
A year before 11 April 2006, gold was around $428.60 per troy ounce. The close of $595.20 therefore represents a rise of 38.9% over twelve months.
It closed 0.40% below the highest close on record up to that date, which was set on 2006-04-10.