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This page is a historical record of the gold price in 13 April 2006, not the current price.See today's gold price (11 September 2026)
Gold closed at $596.50 per troy ounce on 13 April 2006, down $1.000 (0.17%) from the previous close of $597.50.
Metal value only, before dealer margins and fabrication.
Twelve months earlier gold traded around $429.30, making this a +38.95% move year on year.
Figures in this section are shown in USD, independent of the currency selected above.
Gold closed at $596.50 per troy ounce on 13 April 2006. That is $1.00 lower than the previous close of $597.50, a move of -0.17%.
The gold price fell on 13 April 2006, losing $1.00 (0.17%) against the previous session's close of $597.50.
At $596.50 per troy ounce, one gram of pure gold was worth about $19.18 on 13 April 2006. A troy ounce is 31.1034768 grams.
Scrap value follows purity, so on 13 April 2006 18k gold was worth about $14.38 per gram and 14k about $11.19 per gram, against $19.18 for pure 24k. These are melt values before any dealer margin.
The gold-to-silver ratio closed at about 46.5 on 13 April 2006, meaning one ounce of gold was worth roughly 46.5 ounces of silver.
A month before 13 April 2006, gold was around $546.10 per troy ounce, so the close of $596.50 is a gain of 9.2% over the month.
A year before 13 April 2006, gold was around $429.30 per troy ounce. The close of $596.50 therefore represents a rise of 38.9% over twelve months.
It closed 0.18% below the highest close on record up to that date, which was set on 2006-04-10.