Distance from the record
This close sat 5.04% below the highest gold close recorded up to that date, set on 2004-12-03.
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This page is a historical record of the gold price in 27 April 2005, not the current price.See today's gold price (11 September 2026)
Gold closed at $433.00 per troy ounce on 27 April 2005, down $4.900 (1.12%) from the previous close of $437.90.
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 5.04% 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 $398.60, making this a +8.63% move year on year.
Figures in this section are shown in USD, independent of the currency selected above.
Gold closed at $433.00 per troy ounce on 27 April 2005. That is $4.90 lower than the previous close of $437.90, a move of -1.12%.
The gold price fell on 27 April 2005, losing $4.90 (1.12%) against the previous session's close of $437.90.
At $433.00 per troy ounce, one gram of pure gold was worth about $13.92 on 27 April 2005. A troy ounce is 31.1034768 grams.
Scrap value follows purity, so on 27 April 2005 18k gold was worth about $10.44 per gram and 14k about $8.12 per gram, against $13.92 for pure 24k. These are melt values before any dealer margin.
The gold-to-silver ratio closed at about 60.7 on 27 April 2005, meaning one ounce of gold was worth roughly 60.7 ounces of silver.
It closed 5.04% below the highest close on record up to that date, which was set on 2004-12-03.