Highest so far that month
No earlier session that month closed above this level.
Loading…
This page is a historical record of the gold price in 6 August 2003, not the current price.See today's gold price (11 September 2026)
Gold closed at $350.80 per troy ounce on 6 August 2003, up $1.200 (0.34%) from the previous close of $349.60.
No earlier session that month closed above this level.
This close sat 7.44% below the highest gold close recorded up to that date, set on 2003-02-04.
Metal value only, before dealer margins and fabrication.
Twelve months earlier gold traded around $305.50, making this a +14.83% move year on year.
Figures in this section are shown in USD, independent of the currency selected above.
Gold closed at $350.80 per troy ounce on 6 August 2003. That is $1.20 higher than the previous close of $349.60, a move of 0.34%.
The gold price rose on 6 August 2003, gaining $1.20 (0.34%) against the previous session's close of $349.60.
At $350.80 per troy ounce, one gram of pure gold was worth about $11.28 on 6 August 2003. A troy ounce is 31.1034768 grams.
Scrap value follows purity, so on 6 August 2003 18k gold was worth about $8.46 per gram and 14k about $6.58 per gram, against $11.28 for pure 24k. These are melt values before any dealer margin.
The gold-to-silver ratio closed at about 70.6 on 6 August 2003, meaning one ounce of gold was worth roughly 70.6 ounces of silver.
A year before 6 August 2003, gold was around $305.50 per troy ounce. The close of $350.80 therefore represents a rise of 14.8% over twelve months.
It closed 7.44% below the highest close on record up to that date, which was set on 2003-02-04.