Highest so far that month
No earlier session that month closed above this level.
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This page is a historical record of the gold price in 4 December 2006, not the current price.See today's gold price (11 September 2026)
Gold closed at $645.20 per troy ounce on 4 December 2006, up $10.00 (1.57%) from the previous close of $635.20.
Notable session: highest close of the month.
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 10.36% below the highest gold close recorded up to that date, set on 2006-05-11.
Metal value only, before dealer margins and fabrication.
Twelve months earlier gold traded around $503.30, making this a +28.19% move year on year.
Figures in this section are shown in USD, independent of the currency selected above.
Gold closed at $645.20 per troy ounce on 4 December 2006. That is $10.00 higher than the previous close of $635.20, a move of 1.57%.
The gold price rose on 4 December 2006, gaining $10.00 (1.57%) against the previous session's close of $635.20.
At $645.20 per troy ounce, one gram of pure gold was worth about $20.74 on 4 December 2006. A troy ounce is 31.1034768 grams.
Scrap value follows purity, so on 4 December 2006 18k gold was worth about $15.56 per gram and 14k about $12.10 per gram, against $20.74 for pure 24k. These are melt values before any dealer margin.
The gold-to-silver ratio closed at about 45.9 on 4 December 2006, meaning one ounce of gold was worth roughly 45.9 ounces of silver.
A week before 4 December 2006, gold was around $628.70 per troy ounce, so the close of $645.20 is a gain of 2.6% over the week.
A year before 4 December 2006, gold was around $503.30 per troy ounce. The close of $645.20 therefore represents a rise of 28.2% over twelve months.
It closed 10.36% below the highest close on record up to that date, which was set on 2006-05-11.