Distance from the record
This close sat 2.85% below the highest gold close recorded up to that date, set on 2005-10-11.
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This page is a historical record of the gold price in 19 October 2005, not the current price.See today's gold price (11 September 2026)
Lowest closing price since 27 September 2005
Gold closed at $463.50 per troy ounce on 19 October 2005, down $8.600 (1.82%) from the previous close of $472.10.
This close sat 2.85% below the highest gold close recorded up to that date, set on 2005-10-11.
Metal value only, before dealer margins and fabrication.
Twelve months earlier gold traded around $420.30, making this a +10.28% move year on year.
Figures in this section are shown in USD, independent of the currency selected above.
Gold closed at $463.50 per troy ounce on 19 October 2005. That is $8.60 lower than the previous close of $472.10, a move of -1.82%.
The gold price fell on 19 October 2005, losing $8.60 (1.82%) against the previous session's close of $472.10.
At $463.50 per troy ounce, one gram of pure gold was worth about $14.90 on 19 October 2005. A troy ounce is 31.1034768 grams.
Scrap value follows purity, so on 19 October 2005 18k gold was worth about $11.18 per gram and 14k about $8.69 per gram, against $14.90 for pure 24k. These are melt values before any dealer margin.
The gold-to-silver ratio closed at about 61.0 on 19 October 2005, meaning one ounce of gold was worth roughly 61.0 ounces of silver.
A week before 19 October 2005, gold was around $473.90 per troy ounce, so the close of $463.50 is a loss of 2.2% over the week.
It closed 2.85% below the highest close on record up to that date, which was set on 2005-10-11.