Highest so far that week
This was the strongest close of the week up to that point.
This page is a historical record of the gold price in 4 April 2005, not the current price.See today's gold price (11 September 2026)
Lowest closing price since 11 February 2005
Gold closed at $423.90 per troy ounce on 4 April 2005, down $11.10 (2.55%) from the previous close of $435.00.
Notable session: lowest close of the month.
Gold lost 2.55% in one session, far more than a normal day's range. Falls this size rarely happen in isolation — the days on either side give the move its context.
This was the strongest close of the week up to that point.
This close sat 7.04% 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 $421.60, making this a +0.55% move year on year.
Figures in this section are shown in USD, independent of the currency selected above.
Gold closed at $423.90 per troy ounce on 4 April 2005. That is $11.10 lower than the previous close of $435.00, a move of -2.55%.
The gold price fell on 4 April 2005, losing $11.10 (2.55%) against the previous session's close of $435.00.
At $423.90 per troy ounce, one gram of pure gold was worth about $13.63 on 4 April 2005. A troy ounce is 31.1034768 grams.
Scrap value follows purity, so on 4 April 2005 18k gold was worth about $10.22 per gram and 14k about $7.95 per gram, against $13.63 for pure 24k. These are melt values before any dealer margin.
The gold-to-silver ratio closed at about 60.4 on 4 April 2005, meaning one ounce of gold was worth roughly 60.4 ounces of silver.
It closed 7.04% below the highest close on record up to that date, which was set on 2004-12-03.