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One of the ten highest gold closes of that year, ranking 4 of 247 sessions.
This page is a historical record of the gold price in 7 December 2004, not the current price.See today's gold price (11 September 2026)
Gold closed at $452.00 per troy ounce on 7 December 2004, down $2.200 (0.48%) from the previous close of $454.20.
One of the ten highest gold closes of that year, ranking 4 of 247 sessions.
Metal value only, before dealer margins and fabrication.
Twelve months earlier gold traded around $406.40, making this a +11.22% move year on year.
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Gold closed at $452.00 per troy ounce on 7 December 2004. That is $2.20 lower than the previous close of $454.20, a move of -0.48%.
The gold price fell on 7 December 2004, losing $2.20 (0.48%) against the previous session's close of $454.20.
At $452.00 per troy ounce, one gram of pure gold was worth about $14.53 on 7 December 2004. A troy ounce is 31.1034768 grams.
Scrap value follows purity, so on 7 December 2004 18k gold was worth about $10.90 per gram and 14k about $8.48 per gram, against $14.53 for pure 24k. These are melt values before any dealer margin.
The gold-to-silver ratio closed at about 57.7 on 7 December 2004, meaning one ounce of gold was worth roughly 57.7 ounces of silver.
It closed 0.88% below the highest close on record up to that date, which was set on 2004-12-03.