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No earlier session that month closed above this level.
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This page is a historical record of the gold price in 5 June 2006, not the current price.See today's gold price (11 September 2026)
Gold closed at $643.20 per troy ounce on 5 June 2006, up $7.700 (1.21%) from the previous close of $635.50.
Notable session: highest close of the month.
No earlier session that month closed above this level.
This close sat 10.64% 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 $423.70, making this a +51.81% move year on year.
Figures in this section are shown in USD, independent of the currency selected above.
Gold closed at $643.20 per troy ounce on 5 June 2006. That is $7.70 higher than the previous close of $635.50, a move of 1.21%.
The gold price rose on 5 June 2006, gaining $7.70 (1.21%) against the previous session's close of $635.50.
At $643.20 per troy ounce, one gram of pure gold was worth about $20.68 on 5 June 2006. A troy ounce is 31.1034768 grams.
Scrap value follows purity, so on 5 June 2006 18k gold was worth about $15.51 per gram and 14k about $12.06 per gram, against $20.68 for pure 24k. These are melt values before any dealer margin.
The gold-to-silver ratio closed at about 52.5 on 5 June 2006, meaning one ounce of gold was worth roughly 52.5 ounces of silver.
A month before 5 June 2006, gold was around $682.20 per troy ounce, so the close of $643.20 is a loss of 5.7% over the month.
A year before 5 June 2006, gold was around $423.70 per troy ounce. The close of $643.20 therefore represents a rise of 51.8% over twelve months.
It closed 10.64% below the highest close on record up to that date, which was set on 2006-05-11.