Highest so far that year
At the time, no session earlier in the year had closed higher.
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This page is a historical record of the gold price in 9 March 2005, not the current price.See today's gold price (11 September 2026)
Highest closing price since 28 December 2004
Gold closed at $442.10 per troy ounce on 9 March 2005, up $1.800 (0.41%) from the previous close of $440.30.
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.
At the time, no session earlier in the year had closed higher.
This close sat 3.05% 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 $404.20, making this a +9.38% move year on year.
Figures in this section are shown in USD, independent of the currency selected above.
Gold closed at $442.10 per troy ounce on 9 March 2005. That is $1.80 higher than the previous close of $440.30, a move of 0.41%.
The gold price rose on 9 March 2005, gaining $1.80 (0.41%) against the previous session's close of $440.30.
At $442.10 per troy ounce, one gram of pure gold was worth about $14.21 on 9 March 2005. A troy ounce is 31.1034768 grams.
Scrap value follows purity, so on 9 March 2005 18k gold was worth about $10.66 per gram and 14k about $8.29 per gram, against $14.21 for pure 24k. These are melt values before any dealer margin.
The gold-to-silver ratio closed at about 58.1 on 9 March 2005, meaning one ounce of gold was worth roughly 58.1 ounces of silver.
A week before 9 March 2005, gold was around $432.80 per troy ounce, so the close of $442.10 is a gain of 2.1% over the week.
A month before 9 March 2005, gold was around $412.90 per troy ounce, so the close of $442.10 is a gain of 7.1% 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 3.05% below the highest close on record up to that date, which was set on 2004-12-03.