Distance from the record
This close sat 6.91% below the highest gold close recorded up to that date, set on 2004-12-03.
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This page is a historical record of the gold price in 13 January 2005, not the current price.See today's gold price (11 September 2026)
Gold closed at $424.50 per troy ounce on 13 January 2005, down $1.600 (0.38%) from the previous close of $426.10.
This close sat 6.91% 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 $423.70, making this a +0.19% move year on year.
Figures in this section are shown in USD, independent of the currency selected above.
Gold closed at $424.50 per troy ounce on 13 January 2005. That is $1.60 lower than the previous close of $426.10, a move of -0.38%.
The gold price fell on 13 January 2005, losing $1.60 (0.38%) against the previous session's close of $426.10.
At $424.50 per troy ounce, one gram of pure gold was worth about $13.65 on 13 January 2005. A troy ounce is 31.1034768 grams.
Scrap value follows purity, so on 13 January 2005 18k gold was worth about $10.24 per gram and 14k about $7.96 per gram, against $13.65 for pure 24k. These are melt values before any dealer margin.
The gold-to-silver ratio closed at about 63.1 on 13 January 2005, meaning one ounce of gold was worth roughly 63.1 ounces of silver.
It closed 6.91% below the highest close on record up to that date, which was set on 2004-12-03.