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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 3 August 2005, not the current price.See today's gold price (11 September 2026)
Highest closing price since 27 June 2005
Gold closed at $436.90 per troy ounce on 3 August 2005, up $5.000 (1.16%) from the previous close of $431.90.
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.
No earlier session that month closed above this level.
This close sat 4.19% 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 $394.00, making this a +10.89% move year on year.
Figures in this section are shown in USD, independent of the currency selected above.
Gold closed at $436.90 per troy ounce on 3 August 2005. That is $5.00 higher than the previous close of $431.90, a move of 1.16%.
The gold price rose on 3 August 2005, gaining $5.00 (1.16%) against the previous session's close of $431.90.
At $436.90 per troy ounce, one gram of pure gold was worth about $14.05 on 3 August 2005. A troy ounce is 31.1034768 grams.
Scrap value follows purity, so on 3 August 2005 18k gold was worth about $10.53 per gram and 14k about $8.19 per gram, against $14.05 for pure 24k. These are melt values before any dealer margin.
The gold-to-silver ratio closed at about 60.0 on 3 August 2005, meaning one ounce of gold was worth roughly 60.0 ounces of silver.
A week before 3 August 2005, gold was around $424.70 per troy ounce, so the close of $436.90 is a gain of 2.9% over the week.
It closed 4.19% below the highest close on record up to that date, which was set on 2004-12-03.