Distance from the record
This close sat 4.12% below the highest gold close recorded up to that date, set on 2004-12-03.
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This page is a historical record of the gold price in 19 August 2005, not the current price.See today's gold price (11 September 2026)
Gold closed at $437.20 per troy ounce on 19 August 2005, down $2.300 (0.52%) from the previous close of $439.50.
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 4.12% 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 $407.10, making this a +7.39% move year on year.
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Gold closed at $437.20 per troy ounce on 19 August 2005. That is $2.30 lower than the previous close of $439.50, a move of -0.52%.
The gold price fell on 19 August 2005, losing $2.30 (0.52%) against the previous session's close of $439.50.
At $437.20 per troy ounce, one gram of pure gold was worth about $14.06 on 19 August 2005. A troy ounce is 31.1034768 grams.
Scrap value follows purity, so on 19 August 2005 18k gold was worth about $10.54 per gram and 14k about $8.20 per gram, against $14.06 for pure 24k. These are melt values before any dealer margin.
The gold-to-silver ratio closed at about 62.5 on 19 August 2005, meaning one ounce of gold was worth roughly 62.5 ounces of silver.
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 4.12% below the highest close on record up to that date, which was set on 2004-12-03.