Highest so far that month
No earlier session that month closed above this level.
This page is a historical record of the gold price in 4 March 2005, not the current price.See today's gold price (11 September 2026)
Gold closed at $434.20 per troy ounce on 4 March 2005, up $4.300 (1.00%) from the previous close of $429.90.
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 4.78% 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 $392.90, making this a +10.51% move year on year.
Figures in this section are shown in USD, independent of the currency selected above.
Gold closed at $434.20 per troy ounce on 4 March 2005. That is $4.30 higher than the previous close of $429.90, a move of 1.00%.
The gold price rose on 4 March 2005, gaining $4.30 (1.00%) against the previous session's close of $429.90.
At $434.20 per troy ounce, one gram of pure gold was worth about $13.96 on 4 March 2005. A troy ounce is 31.1034768 grams.
Scrap value follows purity, so on 4 March 2005 18k gold was worth about $10.47 per gram and 14k about $8.14 per gram, against $13.96 for pure 24k. These are melt values before any dealer margin.
The gold-to-silver ratio closed at about 59.1 on 4 March 2005, meaning one ounce of gold was worth roughly 59.1 ounces of silver.
It closed 4.78% below the highest close on record up to that date, which was set on 2004-12-03.