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This page is a historical record of the gold price in 20 January 2006, not the current price.See today's gold price (11 September 2026)
Gold closed at $553.50 per troy ounce on 20 January 2006, down $4.900 (0.88%) from the previous close of $558.40.
Metal value only, before dealer margins and fabrication.
Twelve months earlier gold traded around $422.40, making this a +31.04% move year on year.
Figures in this section are shown in USD, independent of the currency selected above.
Gold closed at $553.50 per troy ounce on 20 January 2006. That is $4.90 lower than the previous close of $558.40, a move of -0.88%.
The gold price fell on 20 January 2006, losing $4.90 (0.88%) against the previous session's close of $558.40.
At $553.50 per troy ounce, one gram of pure gold was worth about $17.80 on 20 January 2006. A troy ounce is 31.1034768 grams.
Scrap value follows purity, so on 20 January 2006 18k gold was worth about $13.35 per gram and 14k about $10.38 per gram, against $17.80 for pure 24k. These are melt values before any dealer margin.
The gold-to-silver ratio closed at about 62.3 on 20 January 2006, meaning one ounce of gold was worth roughly 62.3 ounces of silver.
A month before 20 January 2006, gold was around $494.60 per troy ounce, so the close of $553.50 is a gain of 11.9% over the month.
A year before 20 January 2006, gold was around $422.40 per troy ounce. The close of $553.50 therefore represents a rise of 31.0% over twelve months.
It closed 0.88% below the highest close on record up to that date, which was set on 2006-01-19.