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This page is a historical record of the gold price in 5 April 2006, not the current price.See today's gold price (11 September 2026)
Gold closed at $587.90 per troy ounce on 5 April 2006, up $1.900 (0.32%) from the previous close of $586.00.
Metal value only, before dealer margins and fabrication.
Twelve months earlier gold traded around $424.50, making this a +38.49% move year on year.
Figures in this section are shown in USD, independent of the currency selected above.
Gold closed at $587.90 per troy ounce on 5 April 2006. That is $1.90 higher than the previous close of $586.00, a move of 0.32%.
The gold price rose on 5 April 2006, gaining $1.90 (0.32%) against the previous session's close of $586.00.
At $587.90 per troy ounce, one gram of pure gold was worth about $18.90 on 5 April 2006. A troy ounce is 31.1034768 grams.
Scrap value follows purity, so on 5 April 2006 18k gold was worth about $14.18 per gram and 14k about $11.03 per gram, against $18.90 for pure 24k. These are melt values before any dealer margin.
The gold-to-silver ratio closed at about 50.4 on 5 April 2006, meaning one ounce of gold was worth roughly 50.4 ounces of silver.
A week before 5 April 2006, gold was around $573.00 per troy ounce, so the close of $587.90 is a gain of 2.6% over the week.
A year before 5 April 2006, gold was around $424.50 per troy ounce. The close of $587.90 therefore represents a rise of 38.5% over twelve months.
It closed 0.25% below the highest close on record up to that date, which was set on 2006-04-03.