Highest so far that week
This was the strongest close of the week up to that point.
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This page is a historical record of the gold price in 13 March 2006, not the current price.See today's gold price (11 September 2026)
Gold closed at $546.10 per troy ounce on 13 March 2006, up $6.200 (1.15%) from the previous close of $539.90.
Gold moved the opposite way to the session before it. Single-day reversals are common and usually mean little on their own — what matters is whether the next few sessions follow.
This was the strongest close of the week up to that point.
This close sat 6.14% below the highest gold close recorded up to that date, set on 2006-03-01.
Metal value only, before dealer margins and fabrication.
Twelve months earlier gold traded around $446.20, making this a +22.39% move year on year.
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Gold closed at $546.10 per troy ounce on 13 March 2006. That is $6.20 higher than the previous close of $539.90, a move of 1.15%.
The gold price rose on 13 March 2006, gaining $6.20 (1.15%) against the previous session's close of $539.90.
At $546.10 per troy ounce, one gram of pure gold was worth about $17.56 on 13 March 2006. A troy ounce is 31.1034768 grams.
Scrap value follows purity, so on 13 March 2006 18k gold was worth about $13.17 per gram and 14k about $10.24 per gram, against $17.56 for pure 24k. These are melt values before any dealer margin.
The gold-to-silver ratio closed at about 54.1 on 13 March 2006, meaning one ounce of gold was worth roughly 54.1 ounces of silver.
A year before 13 March 2006, gold was around $446.20 per troy ounce. The close of $546.10 therefore represents a rise of 22.4% over twelve months.
It closed 6.14% below the highest close on record up to that date, which was set on 2006-03-01.