Highest so far that week
This was the strongest close of the week up to that point.
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This page is a historical record of the gold price in 27 October 2005, not the current price.See today's gold price (11 September 2026)
Highest closing price since 17 October 2005
Gold closed at $473.80 per troy ounce on 27 October 2005, up $2.600 (0.55%) from the previous close of $471.20.
This was the strongest close of the week up to that point.
Metal value only, before dealer margins and fabrication.
Twelve months earlier gold traded around $424.80, making this a +11.53% move year on year.
Figures in this section are shown in USD, independent of the currency selected above.
Gold closed at $473.80 per troy ounce on 27 October 2005. That is $2.60 higher than the previous close of $471.20, a move of 0.55%.
The gold price rose on 27 October 2005, gaining $2.60 (0.55%) against the previous session's close of $471.20.
At $473.80 per troy ounce, one gram of pure gold was worth about $15.23 on 27 October 2005. A troy ounce is 31.1034768 grams.
Scrap value follows purity, so on 27 October 2005 18k gold was worth about $11.42 per gram and 14k about $8.89 per gram, against $15.23 for pure 24k. These are melt values before any dealer margin.
The gold-to-silver ratio closed at about 60.7 on 27 October 2005, meaning one ounce of gold was worth roughly 60.7 ounces of silver.
A week before 27 October 2005, gold was around $461.00 per troy ounce, so the close of $473.80 is a gain of 2.8% over the week.
It closed 0.69% below the highest close on record up to that date, which was set on 2005-10-11.