Distance from the record
This close sat 42.98% 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 11 December 2015, not the current price.See today's gold price (11 September 2026)
Gold closed at $1,076.90 per troy ounce on 11 December 2015, up $3.800 (0.35%) from the previous close of $1,073.10.
This close sat 42.98% 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 $1,225.10, making this a -12.10% move year on year.
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Gold closed at $1,076.90 per troy ounce on 11 December 2015. That is $3.80 higher than the previous close of $1,073.10, a move of 0.35%.
The gold price rose on 11 December 2015, gaining $3.80 (0.35%) against the previous session's close of $1,073.10.
At $1,076.90 per troy ounce, one gram of pure gold was worth about $34.62 on 11 December 2015. A troy ounce is 31.1034768 grams.
Scrap value follows purity, so on 11 December 2015 18k gold was worth about $25.97 per gram and 14k about $20.20 per gram, against $34.62 for pure 24k. These are melt values before any dealer margin.
The gold-to-silver ratio closed at about 77.7 on 11 December 2015, meaning one ounce of gold was worth roughly 77.7 ounces of silver.
A year before 11 December 2015, gold was around $1,225.10 per troy ounce. The close of $1,076.90 therefore represents a fall of 12.1% over twelve months.
It closed 42.98% below the highest close on record up to that date, which was set on 2011-08-22.