Distance from the record
This close sat 1.10% below the highest gold close recorded up to that date, set on 2004-01-09.
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This page is a historical record of the gold price in 14 January 2004, not the current price.See today's gold price (11 September 2026)
Lowest closing price since 1 January 2004
Gold closed at $421.70 per troy ounce on 14 January 2004, down $2.000 (0.47%) from the previous close of $423.70.
This close extended a run of 3 consecutive sessions of losses. Runs are more informative than any one day inside them: they show direction holding rather than a single session's noise.
This close sat 1.10% below the highest gold close recorded up to that date, set on 2004-01-09.
Metal value only, before dealer margins and fabrication.
Twelve months earlier gold traded around $352.00, making this a +19.80% move year on year.
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Gold closed at $421.70 per troy ounce on 14 January 2004. That is $2.00 lower than the previous close of $423.70, a move of -0.47%.
The gold price fell on 14 January 2004, losing $2.00 (0.47%) against the previous session's close of $423.70.
At $421.70 per troy ounce, one gram of pure gold was worth about $13.56 on 14 January 2004. A troy ounce is 31.1034768 grams.
Scrap value follows purity, so on 14 January 2004 18k gold was worth about $10.17 per gram and 14k about $7.91 per gram, against $13.56 for pure 24k. These are melt values before any dealer margin.
The gold-to-silver ratio closed at about 65.7 on 14 January 2004, meaning one ounce of gold was worth roughly 65.7 ounces of silver.
A year before 14 January 2004, gold was around $352.00 per troy ounce. The close of $421.70 therefore represents a rise of 19.8% over twelve months.
This close was session 3 of a consecutive run of losses. A run is counted by closes, so an intraday reversal that still closed in the same direction does not break it.
It closed 1.10% below the highest close on record up to that date, which was set on 2004-01-09.