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This page is a historical record of the gold price in 6 October 2005, not the current price.See today's gold price (11 September 2026)
Gold closed at $471.90 per troy ounce on 6 October 2005, up $5.800 (1.24%) from the previous close of $466.10.
No earlier session that month closed above this level.
Metal value only, before dealer margins and fabrication.
Twelve months earlier gold traded around $418.40, making this a +12.79% move year on year.
Figures in this section are shown in USD, independent of the currency selected above.
Gold closed at $471.90 per troy ounce on 6 October 2005. That is $5.80 higher than the previous close of $466.10, a move of 1.24%.
The gold price rose on 6 October 2005, gaining $5.80 (1.24%) against the previous session's close of $466.10.
At $471.90 per troy ounce, one gram of pure gold was worth about $15.17 on 6 October 2005. A troy ounce is 31.1034768 grams.
Scrap value follows purity, so on 6 October 2005 18k gold was worth about $11.38 per gram and 14k about $8.85 per gram, against $15.17 for pure 24k. These are melt values before any dealer margin.
The gold-to-silver ratio closed at about 62.5 on 6 October 2005, meaning one ounce of gold was worth roughly 62.5 ounces of silver.
A month before 6 October 2005, gold was around $444.40 per troy ounce, so the close of $471.90 is a gain of 6.2% over the month.
A year before 6 October 2005, gold was around $418.40 per troy ounce. The close of $471.90 therefore represents a rise of 12.8% over twelve months.
It closed 0.06% below the highest close on record up to that date, which was set on 2005-09-29.