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This page is a historical record of the gold price in 4 August 2005, not the current price.See today's gold price (11 September 2026)
Highest closing price since 27 June 2005
Gold closed at $437.90 per troy ounce on 4 August 2005, up $1.000 (0.23%) from the previous close of $436.90.
No earlier session that month closed above this level.
This close sat 3.97% 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 $392.20, making this a +11.65% move year on year.
Figures in this section are shown in USD, independent of the currency selected above.
Gold closed at $437.90 per troy ounce on 4 August 2005. That is $1.00 higher than the previous close of $436.90, a move of 0.23%.
The gold price rose on 4 August 2005, gaining $1.00 (0.23%) against the previous session's close of $436.90.
At $437.90 per troy ounce, one gram of pure gold was worth about $14.08 on 4 August 2005. A troy ounce is 31.1034768 grams.
Scrap value follows purity, so on 4 August 2005 18k gold was worth about $10.56 per gram and 14k about $8.21 per gram, against $14.08 for pure 24k. These are melt values before any dealer margin.
The gold-to-silver ratio closed at about 60.6 on 4 August 2005, meaning one ounce of gold was worth roughly 60.6 ounces of silver.
A week before 4 August 2005, gold was around $427.30 per troy ounce, so the close of $437.90 is a gain of 2.5% over the week.
It closed 3.97% below the highest close on record up to that date, which was set on 2004-12-03.