Gold price in December 2006: daily prices, high, low and change
Gold closed December 2006 at $635.20 an ounce, down 1.81% on the month. The highest close was $645.20 on 4 Dec and the lowest $614.00 on 18 Dec. Every trading day below, with ranks and context computed from COMEX data.
Gold price chart, December 2006 (daily close and high-low range, US$ per ounce)
Gold line = daily settlement; bars = intraday high to low where available; dashed line = November 2006 close ($646.90).
Daily gold prices in December 2006 (20 trading days)
| Date | Open | High | Low | Close | Change | % change |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Fri 1 Dec | $645.70 | $649.70 | $643.50 | $644.70 | −$2.20 | −0.34% |
| Mon 4 Dec | $647.10 | $648.00 | $640.50 | $645.20 | +$0.50 | +0.08% |
| Tue 5 Dec | $644.30 | $648.00 | $640.50 | $642.30 | −$2.90 | −0.45% |
| Wed 6 Dec | — | — | — | $630.50 | −$11.80 | −1.84% |
| Thu 7 Dec | $628.30 | $632.50 | $625.00 | $631.90 | +$1.40 | +0.22% |
| Fri 8 Dec | $633.30 | $636.50 | $626.00 | $626.10 | −$5.80 | −0.92% |
| Mon 11 Dec | — | — | — | $630.00 | +$3.90 | +0.62% |
| Tue 12 Dec | — | — | — | $627.00 | −$3.00 | −0.48% |
| Wed 13 Dec | — | — | — | $627.90 | +$0.90 | +0.14% |
| Thu 14 Dec | — | — | — | $626.60 | −$1.30 | −0.21% |
| Fri 15 Dec worst day | $625.50 | $627.70 | $613.00 | $615.00 | −$11.60 | −1.85% |
| Mon 18 Dec | $614.00 | $616.50 | $612.00 | $614.00 | −$1.00 | −0.16% |
| Tue 19 Dec best day | — | — | — | $621.60 | +$7.60 | +1.24% |
| Wed 20 Dec | $621.40 | $622.70 | $619.70 | $620.60 | −$1.00 | −0.16% |
| Thu 21 Dec | $620.80 | $620.80 | $618.00 | $618.20 | −$2.40 | −0.39% |
| Fri 22 Dec | — | — | — | $619.10 | +$0.90 | +0.15% |
| Tue 26 Dec | $625.10 | $628.00 | $623.00 | $623.70 | +$4.60 | +0.74% |
| Wed 27 Dec | — | — | — | $627.20 | +$3.50 | +0.56% |
| Thu 28 Dec | — | — | — | $634.10 | +$6.90 | +1.10% |
| Fri 29 Dec | — | — | — | $635.20 | +$1.10 | +0.17% |
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 10 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 2006 | Open | High | Low | Close | Change |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Settlements | $644.70 | $645.20 | $614.00 | $635.20 | −1.81% |
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 December 2006: summary
Gold eased 1.81% in December 2006, settling the month at $635.20 an ounce against $646.90 at the end of November 2006. Settlement prices ranged from $614.00 on 18 December 2006 to $645.20 on 4 December 2006, a spread of $31.20 (4.8%), narrower than the 8.7% average of the previous 12 months. Gold closed higher on 10 of 20 trading days and lower on 10; the strongest session was 19 December 2006 (+1.24%) and the weakest 15 December 2006 (−1.85%).
How December 2006 compares
- Against other Decembers: at −1.81%, December 2006 ranks 21st of 26 Decembers since 2000 (best first).
- Against every month: it ranks 229th of 313 months since September 2000, better than 27% of them.
- Range: the gap between the highest and lowest close was $31.20, or 4.8% of the opening level, 0.6× the 8.7% average of the previous 12 months.
- Daily moves: the average day moved 0.59% (up or down), against 1.15% over the previous 12 months, so December 2006 was calmer than usual.
- Streaks: the longest run of higher closes was 5 days and the longest run of lower closes 3 days.
- Bigger picture: at the month-end close gold was +22.84% for 2006 to the end of December and +22.84% over 12 months (against the December 2005 close of $517.10).
- Average price: the mean of the 20 daily closes was $628.05; the World Bank's monthly average of the London (LBMA) price was $630.00.
Across the other 25 completed Decembers since 2000, gold averaged +1.58% and rose in 17 of them (68%). December 2006 lagged that average by 3.4 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 2006 in today's dollars
Adjusted for US consumer-price inflation, the $635.20 closing price equals about $1,052 in September 2026 dollars (CPI 203.1 in December 2006 against 336.3 in September 2026, FRED series CPIAUCSL), 66% 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 December 2006?
Gold closed December 2006 at $635.20 an ounce (COMEX settlement). It opened the month at $644.70 and averaged $628.05 across 20 trading days; the World Bank’s London average for the month was $630.00.
Did gold go up in December 2006?
No. Gold was down 1.81% in December 2006, from $646.90 at the end of November 2006 to $635.20. It closed higher on 10 of 20 days. Among Decembers since 2000 it ranks 21st of 26 (best first).
What was the highest gold price in December 2006?
The highest close was $645.20 on 4 December 2006.
What was the lowest gold price in December 2006?
The lowest close was $614.00 on 18 December 2006, $31.20 (4.8%) below the month’s highest close.
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