Distance from the record
This close sat 3.56% below the highest gold close recorded up to that date, set on 2005-10-11.
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This page is a historical record of the gold price in 3 November 2005, not the current price.See today's gold price (11 September 2026)
Lowest closing price since 16 September 2005
Gold closed at $460.10 per troy ounce on 3 November 2005, down $2.700 (0.58%) from the previous close of $462.80.
This close extended a run of 4 consecutive sessions of losses. Runs are more informative than any one day inside them: they show direction holding rather than a single session's noise.
This close sat 3.56% below the highest gold close recorded up to that date, set on 2005-10-11.
Metal value only, before dealer margins and fabrication.
Twelve months earlier gold traded around $424.60, making this a +8.36% move year on year.
Figures in this section are shown in USD, independent of the currency selected above.
Gold closed at $460.10 per troy ounce on 3 November 2005. That is $2.70 lower than the previous close of $462.80, a move of -0.58%.
The gold price fell on 3 November 2005, losing $2.70 (0.58%) against the previous session's close of $462.80.
At $460.10 per troy ounce, one gram of pure gold was worth about $14.79 on 3 November 2005. A troy ounce is 31.1034768 grams.
Scrap value follows purity, so on 3 November 2005 18k gold was worth about $11.09 per gram and 14k about $8.63 per gram, against $14.79 for pure 24k. These are melt values before any dealer margin.
The gold-to-silver ratio closed at about 60.6 on 3 November 2005, meaning one ounce of gold was worth roughly 60.6 ounces of silver.
A week before 3 November 2005, gold was around $473.80 per troy ounce, so the close of $460.10 is a loss of 2.9% over the week.
This close was session 4 of a consecutive run of losses. A run is counted by closes, so an intraday reversal that still closed in the same direction does not break it.
It closed 3.56% below the highest close on record up to that date, which was set on 2005-10-11.