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No earlier session that month closed above this level.
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This page is a historical record of the gold price in 19 March 2004, not the current price.See today's gold price (11 September 2026)
Highest closing price since 17 February 2004
Gold closed at $412.50 per troy ounce on 19 March 2004, up $1.400 (0.34%) from the previous close of $411.10.
This close extended a run of 5 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.
No earlier session that month closed above this level.
This close sat 3.26% below the highest gold close recorded up to that date, set on 2004-01-09.
Metal value only, before dealer margins and fabrication.
Twelve months earlier gold traded around $336.10, making this a +22.73% move year on year.
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Gold closed at $412.50 per troy ounce on 19 March 2004. That is $1.40 higher than the previous close of $411.10, a move of 0.34%.
The gold price rose on 19 March 2004, gaining $1.40 (0.34%) against the previous session's close of $411.10.
At $412.50 per troy ounce, one gram of pure gold was worth about $13.26 on 19 March 2004. A troy ounce is 31.1034768 grams.
Scrap value follows purity, so on 19 March 2004 18k gold was worth about $9.95 per gram and 14k about $7.74 per gram, against $13.26 for pure 24k. These are melt values before any dealer margin.
The gold-to-silver ratio closed at about 54.6 on 19 March 2004, meaning one ounce of gold was worth roughly 54.6 ounces of silver.
A week before 19 March 2004, gold was around $395.30 per troy ounce, so the close of $412.50 is a gain of 4.4% over the week.
A year before 19 March 2004, gold was around $336.10 per troy ounce. The close of $412.50 therefore represents a rise of 22.7% over twelve months.
This close was session 5 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 3.26% below the highest close on record up to that date, which was set on 2004-01-09.