Distance from the record
This close sat 2.12% below the highest gold close recorded up to that date, set on 2005-10-11.
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This page is a historical record of the gold price in 21 October 2005, not the current price.See today's gold price (11 September 2026)
Gold closed at $467.00 per troy ounce on 21 October 2005, up $6.000 (1.30%) from the previous close of $461.00.
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 close sat 2.12% below the highest gold close recorded up to that date, set on 2005-10-11.
Metal value only, before dealer margins and fabrication.
Twelve months earlier gold traded around $424.40, making this a +10.04% move year on year.
Figures in this section are shown in USD, independent of the currency selected above.
Gold closed at $467.00 per troy ounce on 21 October 2005. That is $6.00 higher than the previous close of $461.00, a move of 1.30%.
The gold price rose on 21 October 2005, gaining $6.00 (1.30%) against the previous session's close of $461.00.
At $467.00 per troy ounce, one gram of pure gold was worth about $15.01 on 21 October 2005. A troy ounce is 31.1034768 grams.
Scrap value follows purity, so on 21 October 2005 18k gold was worth about $11.26 per gram and 14k about $8.76 per gram, against $15.01 for pure 24k. These are melt values before any dealer margin.
The gold-to-silver ratio closed at about 61.0 on 21 October 2005, meaning one ounce of gold was worth roughly 61.0 ounces of silver.
It closed 2.12% below the highest close on record up to that date, which was set on 2005-10-11.