Highest so far that week
This was the strongest close of the week up to that point.
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This page is a historical record of the gold price in 7 September 2004, not the current price.See today's gold price (11 September 2026)
Lowest closing price since 12 August 2004
Gold closed at $397.40 per troy ounce on 7 September 2004, down $3.100 (0.77%) from the previous close of $400.50.
Notable session: lowest close of the month.
This close extended a run of 3 consecutive sessions of losses. Runs are more informative than any one day inside them: they show direction holding rather than a single session's noise.
This was the strongest close of the week up to that point.
This close sat 7.00% 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 $377.60, making this a +5.24% move year on year.
Figures in this section are shown in USD, independent of the currency selected above.
Gold closed at $397.40 per troy ounce on 7 September 2004. That is $3.10 lower than the previous close of $400.50, a move of -0.77%.
The gold price fell on 7 September 2004, losing $3.10 (0.77%) against the previous session's close of $400.50.
At $397.40 per troy ounce, one gram of pure gold was worth about $12.78 on 7 September 2004. A troy ounce is 31.1034768 grams.
Scrap value follows purity, so on 7 September 2004 18k gold was worth about $9.58 per gram and 14k about $7.45 per gram, against $12.78 for pure 24k. These are melt values before any dealer margin.
The gold-to-silver ratio closed at about 64.1 on 7 September 2004, meaning one ounce of gold was worth roughly 64.1 ounces of silver.
A week before 7 September 2004, gold was around $410.40 per troy ounce, so the close of $397.40 is a loss of 3.2% over the week.
This close was session 3 of a consecutive run of losses. A run is counted by closes, so an intraday reversal that still closed in the same direction does not break it.
It closed 7.00% below the highest close on record up to that date, which was set on 2004-03-31.