Gold price in December 2005: daily prices, high, low and change
Gold closed December 2005 at $517.10 an ounce, up 4.55% on the month. The highest close was $528.40 on 12 Dec and the lowest $493.00 on 21 Dec. Every trading day below, with ranks and context computed from COMEX data.
Gold price chart, December 2005 (daily close and high-low range, US$ per ounce)
Gold line = daily settlement; bars = intraday high to low where available; dashed line = November 2005 close ($494.60).
Daily gold prices in December 2005 (21 trading days)
| Date | Open | High | Low | Close | Change | % change |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Thu 1 Dec | $494.20 | $503.00 | $490.50 | $502.50 | +$7.90 | +1.60% |
| Fri 2 Dec | $503.00 | $507.00 | $500.00 | $503.30 | +$0.80 | +0.16% |
| Mon 5 Dec | $504.50 | $509.70 | $503.50 | $508.90 | +$5.60 | +1.11% |
| Tue 6 Dec | $509.20 | $511.20 | $504.50 | $510.20 | +$1.30 | +0.26% |
| Wed 7 Dec | $510.70 | $517.00 | $509.30 | $514.30 | +$4.10 | +0.80% |
| Thu 8 Dec | $514.60 | $520.00 | $512.00 | $519.30 | +$5.00 | +0.97% |
| Fri 9 Dec | $520.40 | $531.00 | $520.00 | $527.00 | +$7.70 | +1.48% |
| Mon 12 Dec | $526.50 | $538.50 | $526.50 | $528.40 | +$1.40 | +0.27% |
| Tue 13 Dec | $528.40 | $530.70 | $520.00 | $521.00 | −$7.40 | −1.40% |
| Wed 14 Dec worst day | $521.00 | $521.00 | $506.00 | $506.50 | −$14.50 | −2.78% |
| Thu 15 Dec | $506.00 | $509.00 | $501.00 | $503.90 | −$2.60 | −0.51% |
| Fri 16 Dec | $503.90 | $508.00 | $495.20 | $503.40 | −$0.50 | −0.10% |
| Mon 19 Dec | — | — | — | $503.60 | +$0.20 | +0.04% |
| Tue 20 Dec | — | — | — | $494.60 | −$9.00 | −1.79% |
| Wed 21 Dec | $495.50 | $495.50 | $490.10 | $493.00 | −$1.60 | −0.32% |
| Thu 22 Dec best day | $494.00 | $503.00 | $494.00 | $502.70 | +$9.70 | +1.97% |
| Fri 23 Dec | $502.30 | $505.70 | $502.30 | $503.00 | +$0.30 | +0.06% |
| Tue 27 Dec | $508.70 | $509.00 | $506.00 | $508.00 | +$5.00 | +0.99% |
| Wed 28 Dec | — | — | — | $514.20 | +$6.20 | +1.22% |
| Thu 29 Dec | — | — | — | $515.70 | +$1.50 | +0.29% |
| Fri 30 Dec | — | — | — | $517.10 | +$1.40 | +0.27% |
Close = COMEX gold futures settlement in US dollars per troy ounce; change is against the previous trading day's close. Open, high and low are shown as — on 5 days where the source has no usable intraday data (common before 2012, when the front-month contract traded thinly in the data feed).
Monthly open, high, low and close
| December 2005 | Open | High | Low | Close | Change |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Settlements | $502.50 | $528.40 | $493.00 | $517.10 | +4.55% |
Settlements: first, highest, lowest and last daily close of the month (the basis used on the 2005 page and the monthly returns heatmap). Intraday highs and lows are not shown because the source lacks usable intraday data for part of this month.
Source: COMEX gold futures (GC=F) daily settlements and intraday bars via Yahoo Finance; US CPI (FRED CPIAUCSL) for the inflation adjustment; World Bank Pink Sheet for the monthly London average. Figures are final settlements; sources may occasionally revise historical data.
Gold in December 2005: summary
Gold advanced 4.55% in December 2005, from $494.60 at the end of November 2005 to $517.10 an ounce. Gold closed higher on 15 of 21 trading days and lower on 6; the strongest session was 22 December 2005 (+1.97%) and the weakest 14 December 2005 (−2.78%). Settlement prices ranged from $493.00 on 21 December 2005 to $528.40 on 12 December 2005, a spread of $35.40 (7.2%), wider than the 4.6% average of the previous 12 months.
The −2.78% move on 14 December 2005 was the largest one-day fall of 2005.
How December 2005 compares
- Against other Decembers: at +4.55%, December 2005 ranks 8th of 26 Decembers since 2000 (best first).
- Against every month: it ranks 74th of 313 months since September 2000, better than 77% of them.
- Range: the gap between the highest and lowest close was $35.40, or 7.2% of the opening level, 1.5× the 4.6% average of the previous 12 months.
- Daily moves: the average day moved 0.88% (up or down), against 0.59% over the previous 12 months, so December 2005 was more volatile than usual.
- Streaks: the longest run of higher closes was 8 days and the longest run of lower closes 4 days.
- Bigger picture: at the month-end close gold was +18.19% for 2005 to the end of December and +18.19% over 12 months (against the December 2004 close of $437.50).
- Average price: the mean of the 21 daily closes was $509.55; the World Bank's monthly average of the London (LBMA) price was $510.00.
Across the other 25 completed Decembers since 2000, gold averaged +1.32% and rose in 16 of them (64%). December 2005 beat that average by 3.2 percentage points. The gold seasonality tool shows the same statistics for every calendar month, and the monthly returns heatmap lays out all Decembers side by side.
December 2005 in today's dollars
Adjusted for US consumer-price inflation, the $517.10 closing price equals about $878 in September 2026 dollars (CPI 198.1 in December 2005 against 336.3 in September 2026, FRED series CPIAUCSL), 70% more than the nominal figure. The gold price history hub restates every year's close on the same basis, and the all-time-high tracker lists every record close in nominal dollars.
Gold price by month in 2005
The gold price in 2005 page has the year's open, high, low and close, and the monthly archive on the gold price history hub explains how these month pages are built.
Frequently asked questions
What was the gold price in December 2005?
Gold closed December 2005 at $517.10 an ounce (COMEX settlement). It opened the month at $502.50 and averaged $509.55 across 21 trading days; the World Bank’s London average for the month was $510.00.
Did gold go up in December 2005?
Yes. Gold was up 4.55% in December 2005, from $494.60 at the end of November 2005 to $517.10. It closed higher on 15 of 21 days. Among Decembers since 2000 it ranks 8th of 26 (best first).
What was the highest gold price in December 2005?
The highest close was $528.40 on 12 December 2005.
What was the lowest gold price in December 2005?
The lowest close was $493.00 on 21 December 2005, $35.40 (7.2%) below the month’s highest close.
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