Distance from the record
This close sat 7.46% below the highest gold close recorded up to that date, set on 2004-12-03.
This page is a historical record of the gold price in 25 January 2005, not the current price.See today's gold price (11 September 2026)
Lowest closing price since 11 January 2005
Gold closed at $422.00 per troy ounce on 25 January 2005, down $4.900 (1.15%) from the previous close of $426.90.
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 7.46% 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 $407.90, making this a +3.46% move year on year.
Figures in this section are shown in USD, independent of the currency selected above.
Gold closed at $422.00 per troy ounce on 25 January 2005. That is $4.90 lower than the previous close of $426.90, a move of -1.15%.
The gold price fell on 25 January 2005, losing $4.90 (1.15%) against the previous session's close of $426.90.
At $422.00 per troy ounce, one gram of pure gold was worth about $13.57 on 25 January 2005. A troy ounce is 31.1034768 grams.
Scrap value follows purity, so on 25 January 2005 18k gold was worth about $10.18 per gram and 14k about $7.91 per gram, against $13.57 for pure 24k. These are melt values before any dealer margin.
The gold-to-silver ratio closed at about 63.3 on 25 January 2005, meaning one ounce of gold was worth roughly 63.3 ounces of silver.
It closed 7.46% below the highest close on record up to that date, which was set on 2004-12-03.