Distance from the record
This close sat 5.04% 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 21 April 2005, not the current price.See today's gold price (11 September 2026)
Gold closed at $433.00 per troy ounce on 21 April 2005, down $2.300 (0.53%) from the previous close of $435.30.
This close sat 5.04% 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 $390.80, making this a +10.80% move year on year.
Figures in this section are shown in USD, independent of the currency selected above.
Gold closed at $433.00 per troy ounce on 21 April 2005. That is $2.30 lower than the previous close of $435.30, a move of -0.53%.
The gold price fell on 21 April 2005, losing $2.30 (0.53%) against the previous session's close of $435.30.
At $433.00 per troy ounce, one gram of pure gold was worth about $13.92 on 21 April 2005. A troy ounce is 31.1034768 grams.
Scrap value follows purity, so on 21 April 2005 18k gold was worth about $10.44 per gram and 14k about $8.12 per gram, against $13.92 for pure 24k. These are melt values before any dealer margin.
The gold-to-silver ratio closed at about 60.0 on 21 April 2005, meaning one ounce of gold was worth roughly 60.0 ounces of silver.
A week before 21 April 2005, gold was around $424.00 per troy ounce, so the close of $433.00 is a gain of 2.1% over the week.
It closed 5.04% below the highest close on record up to that date, which was set on 2004-12-03.