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This page is a historical record of the gold price in 12 April 2006, not the current price.See today's gold price (11 September 2026)
Gold closed at $597.50 per troy ounce on 12 April 2006, up $2.300 (0.39%) from the previous close of $595.20.
Metal value only, before dealer margins and fabrication.
Twelve months earlier gold traded around $427.60, making this a +39.73% move year on year.
Figures in this section are shown in USD, independent of the currency selected above.
Gold closed at $597.50 per troy ounce on 12 April 2006. That is $2.30 higher than the previous close of $595.20, a move of 0.39%.
The gold price rose on 12 April 2006, gaining $2.30 (0.39%) against the previous session's close of $595.20.
At $597.50 per troy ounce, one gram of pure gold was worth about $19.21 on 12 April 2006. A troy ounce is 31.1034768 grams.
Scrap value follows purity, so on 12 April 2006 18k gold was worth about $14.41 per gram and 14k about $11.21 per gram, against $19.21 for pure 24k. These are melt values before any dealer margin.
The gold-to-silver ratio closed at about 47.3 on 12 April 2006, meaning one ounce of gold was worth roughly 47.3 ounces of silver.
A month before 12 April 2006, gold was around $539.90 per troy ounce, so the close of $597.50 is a gain of 10.7% over the month.
A year before 12 April 2006, gold was around $427.60 per troy ounce. The close of $597.50 therefore represents a rise of 39.7% over twelve months.
It closed 0.02% below the highest close on record up to that date, which was set on 2006-04-10.