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This page is a historical record of the gold price in 11 January 2006, not the current price.See today's gold price (11 September 2026)
Gold closed at $548.80 per troy ounce on 11 January 2006, up $4.500 (0.83%) from the previous close of $544.30.
Metal value only, before dealer margins and fabrication.
Twelve months earlier gold traded around $421.90, making this a +30.08% move year on year.
Figures in this section are shown in USD, independent of the currency selected above.
Gold closed at $548.80 per troy ounce on 11 January 2006. That is $4.50 higher than the previous close of $544.30, a move of 0.83%.
The gold price rose on 11 January 2006, gaining $4.50 (0.83%) against the previous session's close of $544.30.
At $548.80 per troy ounce, one gram of pure gold was worth about $17.64 on 11 January 2006. A troy ounce is 31.1034768 grams.
Scrap value follows purity, so on 11 January 2006 18k gold was worth about $13.23 per gram and 14k about $10.29 per gram, against $17.64 for pure 24k. These are melt values before any dealer margin.
The gold-to-silver ratio closed at about 60.9 on 11 January 2006, meaning one ounce of gold was worth roughly 60.9 ounces of silver.
A week before 11 January 2006, gold was around $533.90 per troy ounce, so the close of $548.80 is a gain of 2.8% over the week.
A year before 11 January 2006, gold was around $421.90 per troy ounce. The close of $548.80 therefore represents a rise of 30.1% over twelve months.
It closed 0.05% below the highest close on record up to that date, which was set on 2006-01-09.