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 15 August 2005, not the current price.See today's gold price (11 September 2026)
Gold closed at $442.20 per troy ounce on 15 August 2005, down $3.700 (0.83%) from the previous close of $445.90.
This was the strongest close of the week up to that point.
This close sat 3.03% 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 $398.90, making this a +10.85% move year on year.
Figures in this section are shown in USD, independent of the currency selected above.
Gold closed at $442.20 per troy ounce on 15 August 2005. That is $3.70 lower than the previous close of $445.90, a move of -0.83%.
The gold price fell on 15 August 2005, losing $3.70 (0.83%) against the previous session's close of $445.90.
At $442.20 per troy ounce, one gram of pure gold was worth about $14.22 on 15 August 2005. A troy ounce is 31.1034768 grams.
Scrap value follows purity, so on 15 August 2005 18k gold was worth about $10.66 per gram and 14k about $8.29 per gram, against $14.22 for pure 24k. These are melt values before any dealer margin.
The gold-to-silver ratio closed at about 63.6 on 15 August 2005, meaning one ounce of gold was worth roughly 63.6 ounces of silver.
A month before 15 August 2005, gold was around $420.70 per troy ounce, so the close of $442.20 is a gain of 5.1% over the month.
It closed 3.03% below the highest close on record up to that date, which was set on 2004-12-03.