Highest so far that week
This was the strongest close of the week up to that point.
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This page is a historical record of the gold price in 21 January 2005, not the current price.See today's gold price (11 September 2026)
Highest closing price since 4 January 2005
Gold closed at $426.70 per troy ounce on 21 January 2005, up $4.300 (1.02%) from the previous close of $422.40.
Gold moved the opposite way to the session before it. Single-day reversals are common and usually mean little on their own — what matters is whether the next few sessions follow.
This was the strongest close of the week up to that point.
This close sat 6.43% 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 $411.10, making this a +3.79% move year on year.
Figures in this section are shown in USD, independent of the currency selected above.
Gold closed at $426.70 per troy ounce on 21 January 2005. That is $4.30 higher than the previous close of $422.40, a move of 1.02%.
The gold price rose on 21 January 2005, gaining $4.30 (1.02%) against the previous session's close of $422.40.
At $426.70 per troy ounce, one gram of pure gold was worth about $13.72 on 21 January 2005. A troy ounce is 31.1034768 grams.
Scrap value follows purity, so on 21 January 2005 18k gold was worth about $10.29 per gram and 14k about $8.00 per gram, against $13.72 for pure 24k. These are melt values before any dealer margin.
The gold-to-silver ratio closed at about 62.8 on 21 January 2005, meaning one ounce of gold was worth roughly 62.8 ounces of silver.
It closed 6.43% below the highest close on record up to that date, which was set on 2004-12-03.