Distance from the record
This close sat 43.18% below the highest gold close recorded up to that date, set on 2011-08-22.
This page is a historical record of the gold price in 10 December 2015, not the current price.See today's gold price (11 September 2026)
Gold closed at $1,073.10 per troy ounce on 10 December 2015, down $4.500 (0.42%) from the previous close of $1,077.60.
This close sat 43.18% below the highest gold close recorded up to that date, set on 2011-08-22.
Metal value only, before dealer margins and fabrication.
Twelve months earlier gold traded around $1,228.90, making this a -12.68% move year on year.
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Gold closed at $1,073.10 per troy ounce on 10 December 2015. That is $4.50 lower than the previous close of $1,077.60, a move of -0.42%.
The gold price fell on 10 December 2015, losing $4.50 (0.42%) against the previous session's close of $1,077.60.
At $1,073.10 per troy ounce, one gram of pure gold was worth about $34.50 on 10 December 2015. A troy ounce is 31.1034768 grams.
Scrap value follows purity, so on 10 December 2015 18k gold was worth about $25.88 per gram and 14k about $20.13 per gram, against $34.50 for pure 24k. These are melt values before any dealer margin.
The gold-to-silver ratio closed at about 76.2 on 10 December 2015, meaning one ounce of gold was worth roughly 76.2 ounces of silver.
A year before 10 December 2015, gold was around $1,228.90 per troy ounce. The close of $1,073.10 therefore represents a fall of 12.7% over twelve months.
It closed 43.18% below the highest close on record up to that date, which was set on 2011-08-22.