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Highest closing price since 1 June 2015
Gold closed at $1,131.60 per troy ounce on 1 August 2015, up $36.70 (3.35%) from the previous close of $1,094.90.
Notable session: moved more than 3% in a session.
Metal value only, before dealer margins and fabrication.
Twelve months earlier gold traded around $1,285.80, making this a -11.99% move year on year.
Figures in this section are shown in USD, independent of the currency selected above.
Gold closed at $1,131.60 per troy ounce on 1 August 2015. That is $36.70 higher than the previous close of $1,094.90, a move of 3.35%.
The gold price rose on 1 August 2015, gaining $36.70 (3.35%) against the previous session's close of $1,094.90.
At $1,131.60 per troy ounce, one gram of pure gold was worth about $36.38 on 1 August 2015. A troy ounce is 31.1034768 grams.
Scrap value follows purity, so on 1 August 2015 18k gold was worth about $27.29 per gram and 14k about $21.22 per gram, against $36.38 for pure 24k. These are melt values before any dealer margin.
The gold-to-silver ratio closed at about 77.6 on 1 August 2015, meaning one ounce of gold was worth roughly 77.6 ounces of silver.
A week before 1 August 2015, gold was around $1,094.90 per troy ounce, so the close of $1,131.60 is a gain of 3.4% over the week.
A month before 1 August 2015, gold was around $1,094.90 per troy ounce, so the close of $1,131.60 is a gain of 3.4% over the month.
A year before 1 August 2015, gold was around $1,285.80 per troy ounce. The close of $1,131.60 therefore represents a fall of 12.0% over twelve months.