Distance from the record
This close sat 6.56% below the highest gold close recorded up to that date, set on 2004-12-03.
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This page is a historical record of the gold price in 6 May 2005, not the current price.See today's gold price (11 September 2026)
Lowest closing price since 15 April 2005
Gold closed at $426.10 per troy ounce on 6 May 2005, down $3.700 (0.86%) from the previous close of $429.80.
This close sat 6.56% below the highest gold close recorded up to that date, set on 2004-12-03.
Metal value only, before dealer margins and fabrication.
Twelve months earlier gold traded around $388.00, making this a +9.82% move year on year.
Figures in this section are shown in USD, independent of the currency selected above.
Gold closed at $426.10 per troy ounce on 6 May 2005. That is $3.70 lower than the previous close of $429.80, a move of -0.86%.
The gold price fell on 6 May 2005, losing $3.70 (0.86%) against the previous session's close of $429.80.
At $426.10 per troy ounce, one gram of pure gold was worth about $13.70 on 6 May 2005. A troy ounce is 31.1034768 grams.
Scrap value follows purity, so on 6 May 2005 18k gold was worth about $10.27 per gram and 14k about $7.99 per gram, against $13.70 for pure 24k. These are melt values before any dealer margin.
The gold-to-silver ratio closed at about 61.3 on 6 May 2005, meaning one ounce of gold was worth roughly 61.3 ounces of silver.
A week before 6 May 2005, gold was around $435.00 per troy ounce, so the close of $426.10 is a loss of 2.0% over the week.
It closed 6.56% below the highest close on record up to that date, which was set on 2004-12-03.