Distance from the record
This close sat 3.31% below the highest gold close recorded up to that date, set on 2004-12-03.
This page is a historical record of the gold price in 15 March 2005, not the current price.See today's gold price (11 September 2026)
Gold closed at $440.90 per troy ounce on 15 March 2005, down $0.200 (0.05%) from the previous close of $441.10.
Gold barely moved, closing within 0.05% of the previous session. Flat days are the majority of any price series and are most useful as the baseline the notable days are measured against.
This close sat 3.31% 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 $399.40, making this a +10.39% move year on year.
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Gold closed at $440.90 per troy ounce on 15 March 2005. That is $0.20 lower than the previous close of $441.10, a move of -0.05%.
The gold price fell on 15 March 2005, losing $0.20 (0.05%) against the previous session's close of $441.10.
At $440.90 per troy ounce, one gram of pure gold was worth about $14.18 on 15 March 2005. A troy ounce is 31.1034768 grams.
Scrap value follows purity, so on 15 March 2005 18k gold was worth about $10.63 per gram and 14k about $8.27 per gram, against $14.18 for pure 24k. These are melt values before any dealer margin.
The gold-to-silver ratio closed at about 59.8 on 15 March 2005, meaning one ounce of gold was worth roughly 59.8 ounces of silver.
It closed 3.31% below the highest close on record up to that date, which was set on 2004-12-03.