Distance from the record
This close sat 7.79% 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 May 2005, not the current price.See today's gold price (11 September 2026)
Gold closed at $420.50 per troy ounce on 19 May 2005, down $1.000 (0.24%) from the previous close of $421.50.
This close sat 7.79% 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 $382.90, making this a +9.82% move year on year.
Figures in this section are shown in USD, independent of the currency selected above.
Gold closed at $420.50 per troy ounce on 19 May 2005. That is $1.00 lower than the previous close of $421.50, a move of -0.24%.
The gold price fell on 19 May 2005, losing $1.00 (0.24%) against the previous session's close of $421.50.
At $420.50 per troy ounce, one gram of pure gold was worth about $13.52 on 19 May 2005. A troy ounce is 31.1034768 grams.
Scrap value follows purity, so on 19 May 2005 18k gold was worth about $10.14 per gram and 14k about $7.89 per gram, against $13.52 for pure 24k. These are melt values before any dealer margin.
The gold-to-silver ratio closed at about 59.1 on 19 May 2005, meaning one ounce of gold was worth roughly 59.1 ounces of silver.
It closed 7.79% below the highest close on record up to that date, which was set on 2004-12-03.