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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 6 May 2003, not the current price.See today's gold price (11 September 2026)
Highest closing price since 12 March 2003
Gold closed at $342.50 per troy ounce on 6 May 2003, up $0.200 (0.06%) from the previous close of $342.30.
This close extended a run of 4 consecutive sessions of gains. Runs are more informative than any one day inside them: they show direction holding rather than a single session's noise.
No earlier session that month closed above this level.
This close sat 9.63% 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 $311.20, making this a +10.06% move year on year.
Figures in this section are shown in USD, independent of the currency selected above.
Gold closed at $342.50 per troy ounce on 6 May 2003. That is $0.20 higher than the previous close of $342.30, a move of 0.06%.
The gold price rose on 6 May 2003, gaining $0.20 (0.06%) against the previous session's close of $342.30.
At $342.50 per troy ounce, one gram of pure gold was worth about $11.01 on 6 May 2003. A troy ounce is 31.1034768 grams.
Scrap value follows purity, so on 6 May 2003 18k gold was worth about $8.26 per gram and 14k about $6.42 per gram, against $11.01 for pure 24k. These are melt values before any dealer margin.
The gold-to-silver ratio closed at about 71.5 on 6 May 2003, meaning one ounce of gold was worth roughly 71.5 ounces of silver.
A week before 6 May 2003, gold was around $333.70 per troy ounce, so the close of $342.50 is a gain of 2.6% over the week.
A month before 6 May 2003, gold was around $325.30 per troy ounce, so the close of $342.50 is a gain of 5.3% over the month.
This close was session 4 of a consecutive run of gains. A run is counted by closes, so an intraday reversal that still closed in the same direction does not break it.
It closed 9.63% below the highest close on record up to that date, which was set on 2003-02-04.