Distance from the record
This close sat 6.70% below the highest gold close recorded up to that date, set on 2005-12-12.
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This page is a historical record of the gold price in 21 December 2005, not the current price.See today's gold price (11 September 2026)
Lowest closing price since 23 November 2005
Gold closed at $493.00 per troy ounce on 21 December 2005, down $1.600 (0.32%) from the previous close of $494.60.
Notable session: lowest close of the month.
This close sat 6.70% below the highest gold close recorded up to that date, set on 2005-12-12.
Metal value only, before dealer margins and fabrication.
Twelve months earlier gold traded around $441.80, making this a +11.59% move year on year.
Figures in this section are shown in USD, independent of the currency selected above.
Gold closed at $493.00 per troy ounce on 21 December 2005. That is $1.60 lower than the previous close of $494.60, a move of -0.32%.
The gold price fell on 21 December 2005, losing $1.60 (0.32%) against the previous session's close of $494.60.
At $493.00 per troy ounce, one gram of pure gold was worth about $15.85 on 21 December 2005. A troy ounce is 31.1034768 grams.
Scrap value follows purity, so on 21 December 2005 18k gold was worth about $11.89 per gram and 14k about $9.25 per gram, against $15.85 for pure 24k. These are melt values before any dealer margin.
The gold-to-silver ratio closed at about 59.0 on 21 December 2005, meaning one ounce of gold was worth roughly 59.0 ounces of silver.
A week before 21 December 2005, gold was around $506.50 per troy ounce, so the close of $493.00 is a loss of 2.7% over the week.
It closed 6.70% below the highest close on record up to that date, which was set on 2005-12-12.