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 19 April 2005, not the current price.See today's gold price (11 September 2026)
Highest closing price since 1 April 2005
Gold closed at $432.90 per troy ounce on 19 April 2005, up $5.400 (1.26%) from the previous close of $427.50.
This close extended a run of 3 consecutive sessions of gains. Runs are more informative than any one day inside them: they show direction holding rather than a single session's noise.
This was the strongest close of the week up to that point.
This close sat 5.07% 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 $400.60, making this a +8.06% move year on year.
Figures in this section are shown in USD, independent of the currency selected above.
Gold closed at $432.90 per troy ounce on 19 April 2005. That is $5.40 higher than the previous close of $427.50, a move of 1.26%.
The gold price rose on 19 April 2005, gaining $5.40 (1.26%) against the previous session's close of $427.50.
At $432.90 per troy ounce, one gram of pure gold was worth about $13.92 on 19 April 2005. A troy ounce is 31.1034768 grams.
Scrap value follows purity, so on 19 April 2005 18k gold was worth about $10.44 per gram and 14k about $8.12 per gram, against $13.92 for pure 24k. These are melt values before any dealer margin.
The gold-to-silver ratio closed at about 59.7 on 19 April 2005, meaning one ounce of gold was worth roughly 59.7 ounces of silver.
This close was session 3 of a consecutive run of gains. A run is counted by closes, so an intraday reversal that still closed in the same direction does not break it.
It closed 5.07% below the highest close on record up to that date, which was set on 2004-12-03.