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 March 2005, not the current price.See today's gold price (11 September 2026)
Lowest closing price since 3 March 2005
Gold closed at $431.10 per troy ounce on 21 March 2005, down $8.200 (1.87%) from the previous close of $439.30.
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 5.46% 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 $412.50, making this a +4.51% move year on year.
Figures in this section are shown in USD, independent of the currency selected above.
Gold closed at $431.10 per troy ounce on 21 March 2005. That is $8.20 lower than the previous close of $439.30, a move of -1.87%.
The gold price fell on 21 March 2005, losing $8.20 (1.87%) against the previous session's close of $439.30.
At $431.10 per troy ounce, one gram of pure gold was worth about $13.86 on 21 March 2005. A troy ounce is 31.1034768 grams.
Scrap value follows purity, so on 21 March 2005 18k gold was worth about $10.40 per gram and 14k about $8.09 per gram, against $13.86 for pure 24k. These are melt values before any dealer margin.
The gold-to-silver ratio closed at about 60.7 on 21 March 2005, meaning one ounce of gold was worth roughly 60.7 ounces of silver.
A week before 21 March 2005, gold was around $441.10 per troy ounce, so the close of $431.10 is a loss of 2.3% over the week.
It closed 5.46% below the highest close on record up to that date, which was set on 2004-12-03.