Highest so far that year
At the time, no session earlier in the year had closed higher.
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This page is a historical record of the gold price in 15 September 2005, not the current price.See today's gold price (11 September 2026)
Highest closing price since 3 December 2004
Gold closed at $455.50 per troy ounce on 15 September 2005, up $5.700 (1.27%) from the previous close of $449.80.
At the time, no session earlier in the year had closed higher.
Metal value only, before dealer margins and fabrication.
Twelve months earlier gold traded around $405.00, making this a +12.47% move year on year.
Figures in this section are shown in USD, independent of the currency selected above.
Gold closed at $455.50 per troy ounce on 15 September 2005. That is $5.70 higher than the previous close of $449.80, a move of 1.27%.
The gold price rose on 15 September 2005, gaining $5.70 (1.27%) against the previous session's close of $449.80.
At $455.50 per troy ounce, one gram of pure gold was worth about $14.64 on 15 September 2005. A troy ounce is 31.1034768 grams.
Scrap value follows purity, so on 15 September 2005 18k gold was worth about $10.98 per gram and 14k about $8.54 per gram, against $14.64 for pure 24k. These are melt values before any dealer margin.
The gold-to-silver ratio closed at about 64.9 on 15 September 2005, meaning one ounce of gold was worth roughly 64.9 ounces of silver.
A year before 15 September 2005, gold was around $405.00 per troy ounce. The close of $455.50 therefore represents a rise of 12.5% over twelve months.
It closed 0.11% below the highest close on record up to that date, which was set on 2004-12-03.
The most recent higher close was about 9 months earlier — 192 trading sessions before this one.