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No earlier session that month closed above this level.
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This page is a historical record of the gold price in 26 March 2004, not the current price.See today's gold price (11 September 2026)
Highest closing price since 13 January 2004
Gold closed at $422.10 per troy ounce on 26 March 2004, up $5.400 (1.30%) from the previous close of $416.70.
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.
No earlier session that month closed above this level.
This close sat 1.01% below the highest gold close recorded up to that date, set on 2004-01-09.
Metal value only, before dealer margins and fabrication.
Twelve months earlier gold traded around $330.30, making this a +27.79% move year on year.
Figures in this section are shown in USD, independent of the currency selected above.
Gold closed at $422.10 per troy ounce on 26 March 2004. That is $5.40 higher than the previous close of $416.70, a move of 1.30%.
The gold price rose on 26 March 2004, gaining $5.40 (1.30%) against the previous session's close of $416.70.
At $422.10 per troy ounce, one gram of pure gold was worth about $13.57 on 26 March 2004. A troy ounce is 31.1034768 grams.
Scrap value follows purity, so on 26 March 2004 18k gold was worth about $10.18 per gram and 14k about $7.92 per gram, against $13.57 for pure 24k. These are melt values before any dealer margin.
The gold-to-silver ratio closed at about 54.8 on 26 March 2004, meaning one ounce of gold was worth roughly 54.8 ounces of silver.
A week before 26 March 2004, gold was around $412.50 per troy ounce, so the close of $422.10 is a gain of 2.3% over the week.
A month before 26 March 2004, gold was around $395.80 per troy ounce, so the close of $422.10 is a gain of 6.6% over the month.
A year before 26 March 2004, gold was around $330.30 per troy ounce. The close of $422.10 therefore represents a rise of 27.8% over twelve months.
It closed 1.01% below the highest close on record up to that date, which was set on 2004-01-09.