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This page is a historical record of the gold price in 6 August 2004, not the current price.See today's gold price (11 September 2026)
Highest closing price since 20 July 2004
Gold closed at $399.80 per troy ounce on 6 August 2004, up $7.500 (1.91%) from the previous close of $392.30.
No earlier session that month closed above this level.
This close sat 6.44% below the highest gold close recorded up to that date, set on 2004-03-31.
Metal value only, before dealer margins and fabrication.
Twelve months earlier gold traded around $350.80, making this a +13.97% move year on year.
Figures in this section are shown in USD, independent of the currency selected above.
Gold closed at $399.80 per troy ounce on 6 August 2004. That is $7.50 higher than the previous close of $392.30, a move of 1.91%.
The gold price rose on 6 August 2004, gaining $7.50 (1.91%) against the previous session's close of $392.30.
At $399.80 per troy ounce, one gram of pure gold was worth about $12.85 on 6 August 2004. A troy ounce is 31.1034768 grams.
Scrap value follows purity, so on 6 August 2004 18k gold was worth about $9.64 per gram and 14k about $7.50 per gram, against $12.85 for pure 24k. These are melt values before any dealer margin.
The gold-to-silver ratio closed at about 59.1 on 6 August 2004, meaning one ounce of gold was worth roughly 59.1 ounces of silver.
A week before 6 August 2004, gold was around $391.00 per troy ounce, so the close of $399.80 is a gain of 2.3% over the week.
A year before 6 August 2004, gold was around $350.80 per troy ounce. The close of $399.80 therefore represents a rise of 14.0% over twelve months.
It closed 6.44% below the highest close on record up to that date, which was set on 2004-03-31.