Distance from the record
This close sat 5.05% below the highest gold close recorded up to that date, set on 2006-03-01.
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This page is a historical record of the gold price in 21 March 2006, not the current price.See today's gold price (11 September 2026)
Gold closed at $552.40 per troy ounce on 21 March 2006, down $2.800 (0.50%) from the previous close of $555.20.
This close sat 5.05% below the highest gold close recorded up to that date, set on 2006-03-01.
Metal value only, before dealer margins and fabrication.
Twelve months earlier gold traded around $431.10, making this a +28.14% move year on year.
Figures in this section are shown in USD, independent of the currency selected above.
Gold closed at $552.40 per troy ounce on 21 March 2006. That is $2.80 lower than the previous close of $555.20, a move of -0.50%.
The gold price fell on 21 March 2006, losing $2.80 (0.50%) against the previous session's close of $555.20.
At $552.40 per troy ounce, one gram of pure gold was worth about $17.76 on 21 March 2006. A troy ounce is 31.1034768 grams.
Scrap value follows purity, so on 21 March 2006 18k gold was worth about $13.32 per gram and 14k about $10.36 per gram, against $17.76 for pure 24k. These are melt values before any dealer margin.
The gold-to-silver ratio closed at about 52.5 on 21 March 2006, meaning one ounce of gold was worth roughly 52.5 ounces of silver.
A year before 21 March 2006, gold was around $431.10 per troy ounce. The close of $552.40 therefore represents a rise of 28.1% over twelve months.
It closed 5.05% below the highest close on record up to that date, which was set on 2006-03-01.