Gold price in June 2006: daily prices, high, low and change
Gold closed June 2006 at $613.50 an ounce, down 4.51% on the month. The highest close was $643.20 on 5 Jun and the lowest $562.30 on 14 Jun. Every trading day below, with ranks and context computed from COMEX data.
Gold price chart, June 2006 (daily close and high-low range, US$ per ounce)
Gold line = daily settlement; bars = intraday high to low where available; dashed line = May 2006 close ($642.50).
Daily gold prices in June 2006 (22 trading days)
| Date | Open | High | Low | Close | Change | % change |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Thu 1 Jun | $642.80 | $645.10 | $620.00 | $627.60 | −$14.90 | −2.32% |
| Fri 2 Jun | $628.00 | $637.50 | $622.60 | $635.50 | +$7.90 | +1.26% |
| Mon 5 Jun | $635.50 | $645.00 | $635.50 | $643.20 | +$7.70 | +1.21% |
| Tue 6 Jun | $643.40 | $643.40 | $625.00 | $629.40 | −$13.80 | −2.15% |
| Wed 7 Jun | $629.20 | $629.80 | $617.50 | $627.40 | −$2.00 | −0.32% |
| Thu 8 Jun | $627.60 | $627.60 | $608.50 | $609.10 | −$18.30 | −2.92% |
| Fri 9 Jun | $610.00 | $615.80 | $606.90 | $608.20 | −$0.90 | −0.15% |
| Mon 12 Jun | $606.00 | $610.00 | $606.00 | $606.80 | −$1.40 | −0.23% |
| Tue 13 Jun worst day | — | — | — | $562.50 | −$44.30 | −7.30% |
| Wed 14 Jun | $555.00 | $571.00 | $555.00 | $562.30 | −$0.20 | −0.04% |
| Thu 15 Jun | $557.30 | $577.00 | $557.30 | $566.50 | +$4.20 | +0.75% |
| Fri 16 Jun | — | — | — | $578.00 | +$11.50 | +2.03% |
| Mon 19 Jun | — | — | — | $568.80 | −$9.20 | −1.59% |
| Tue 20 Jun | — | — | — | $576.90 | +$8.10 | +1.42% |
| Wed 21 Jun | — | — | — | $587.50 | +$10.60 | +1.84% |
| Thu 22 Jun | — | — | — | $582.20 | −$5.30 | −0.90% |
| Fri 23 Jun | — | — | — | $584.80 | +$2.60 | +0.45% |
| Mon 26 Jun | — | — | — | $584.80 | $0.00 | 0.00% |
| Tue 27 Jun | — | — | — | $581.60 | −$3.20 | −0.55% |
| Wed 28 Jun | — | — | — | $578.30 | −$3.30 | −0.57% |
| Thu 29 Jun | — | — | — | $586.50 | +$8.20 | +1.42% |
| Fri 30 Jun best day | — | — | — | $613.50 | +$27.00 | +4.60% |
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 12 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
| June 2006 | Open | High | Low | Close | Change |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Settlements | $627.60 | $643.20 | $562.30 | $613.50 | −4.51% |
Settlements: first, highest, lowest and last daily close of the month (the basis used on the 2006 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 June 2006: summary
Gold fell 4.51% in June 2006, from $642.50 at the end of May 2006 to $613.50 an ounce. Gold closed higher on 9 of 22 trading days and lower on 12; the strongest session was 30 June 2006 (+4.60%) and the weakest 13 June 2006 (−7.30%). Settlement prices ranged from $562.30 on 14 June 2006 to $643.20 on 5 June 2006, a spread of $80.90 (12.6%), wider than the 7.1% average of the previous 12 months.
That was the biggest monthly fall since April 2004. The +4.60% move on 30 June 2006 was the largest one-day gain of 2006, and the largest since 14 September 2001. The −7.30% move on 13 June 2006 was the largest one-day fall of 2006, and the largest in the daily record, which starts in August 2000.
How June 2006 compares
- Against other Junes: at −4.51%, June 2006 ranks 21st of 26 Junes since 2001 (best first).
- Against every month: it ranks 279th of 313 months since September 2000, better than 11% of them.
- Range: the gap between the highest and lowest close was $80.90, or 12.6% of the opening level, 1.8× the 7.1% average of the previous 12 months.
- Daily moves: the average day moved 1.55% (up or down), against 0.88% over the previous 12 months, so June 2006 was more volatile than usual.
- Streaks: the longest run of higher closes was 2 days and the longest run of lower closes 7 days.
- Bigger picture: at the month-end close gold was +18.64% for 2006 to the end of June and +40.74% over 12 months (against the June 2005 close of $435.90).
- Average price: the mean of the 22 daily closes was $595.52; the World Bank's monthly average of the London (LBMA) price was $596.00.
Across the other 25 completed Junes since 2001, gold averaged −0.73% and rose in 11 of them (44%). June 2006 lagged that average by 3.8 percentage points. The gold seasonality tool shows the same statistics for every calendar month, and the monthly returns heatmap lays out all Junes side by side.
June 2006 in today's dollars
Adjusted for US consumer-price inflation, the $613.50 closing price equals about $1,022 in September 2026 dollars (CPI 201.8 in June 2006 against 336.3 in September 2026, FRED series CPIAUCSL), 67% 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 2006
The gold price in 2006 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 June 2006?
Gold closed June 2006 at $613.50 an ounce (COMEX settlement). It opened the month at $627.60 and averaged $595.52 across 22 trading days; the World Bank’s London average for the month was $596.00.
Did gold go up in June 2006?
No. Gold was down 4.51% in June 2006, from $642.50 at the end of May 2006 to $613.50. It closed higher on 9 of 22 days. Among Junes since 2001 it ranks 21st of 26 (best first).
What was the highest gold price in June 2006?
The highest close was $643.20 on 5 June 2006.
What was the lowest gold price in June 2006?
The lowest close was $562.30 on 14 June 2006, $80.90 (12.6%) below the month’s highest close.
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