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 31 January 2005, not the current price.See today's gold price (11 September 2026)
Lowest closing price since 10 January 2005
Gold closed at $421.80 per troy ounce on 31 January 2005, down $4.000 (0.94%) from the previous close of $425.80.
This close extended a run of 3 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 was the strongest close of the week up to that point.
This close sat 7.50% 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 $402.20, making this a +4.87% move year on year.
Figures in this section are shown in USD, independent of the currency selected above.
Gold closed at $421.80 per troy ounce on 31 January 2005. That is $4.00 lower than the previous close of $425.80, a move of -0.94%.
The gold price fell on 31 January 2005, losing $4.00 (0.94%) against the previous session's close of $425.80.
At $421.80 per troy ounce, one gram of pure gold was worth about $13.56 on 31 January 2005. A troy ounce is 31.1034768 grams.
Scrap value follows purity, so on 31 January 2005 18k gold was worth about $10.17 per gram and 14k about $7.91 per gram, against $13.56 for pure 24k. These are melt values before any dealer margin.
The gold-to-silver ratio closed at about 62.6 on 31 January 2005, meaning one ounce of gold was worth roughly 62.6 ounces of silver.
This close was session 3 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 7.50% below the highest close on record up to that date, which was set on 2004-12-03.