Distance from the record
This close sat 2.61% below the highest gold close recorded up to that date, set on 2006-03-01.
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This page is a historical record of the gold price in 28 March 2006, not the current price.See today's gold price (11 September 2026)
Gold closed at $566.60 per troy ounce on 28 March 2006, down $0.400 (0.07%) from the previous close of $567.00.
Gold barely moved, closing within 0.07% of the previous session. Flat days are the majority of any price series and are most useful as the baseline the notable days are measured against.
This close sat 2.61% below the highest gold close recorded up to that date, set on 2006-03-01.
Metal value only, before dealer margins and fabrication.
Twelve months earlier gold traded around $425.90, making this a +33.04% move year on year.
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Gold closed at $566.60 per troy ounce on 28 March 2006. That is $0.40 lower than the previous close of $567.00, a move of -0.07%.
The gold price fell on 28 March 2006, losing $0.40 (0.07%) against the previous session's close of $567.00.
At $566.60 per troy ounce, one gram of pure gold was worth about $18.22 on 28 March 2006. A troy ounce is 31.1034768 grams.
Scrap value follows purity, so on 28 March 2006 18k gold was worth about $13.66 per gram and 14k about $10.63 per gram, against $18.22 for pure 24k. These are melt values before any dealer margin.
The gold-to-silver ratio closed at about 52.3 on 28 March 2006, meaning one ounce of gold was worth roughly 52.3 ounces of silver.
A week before 28 March 2006, gold was around $552.40 per troy ounce, so the close of $566.60 is a gain of 2.6% over the week.
A year before 28 March 2006, gold was around $425.90 per troy ounce. The close of $566.60 therefore represents a rise of 33.0% over twelve months.
It closed 2.61% below the highest close on record up to that date, which was set on 2006-03-01.