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This page is a historical record of the gold price in 12 August 2015, not the current price.See today's gold price (11 September 2026)
Highest closing price since 17 July 2015
Gold closed at $1,123.20 per troy ounce on 12 August 2015, up $15.60 (1.41%) from the previous close of $1,107.60.
This close extended a run of 5 consecutive sessions of gains. Runs are more informative than any one day inside them: they show direction holding rather than a single session's noise.
No earlier session that month closed above this level.
This close sat 40.53% 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 $1,308.80, making this a -14.18% move year on year.
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Gold closed at $1,123.20 per troy ounce on 12 August 2015. That is $15.60 higher than the previous close of $1,107.60, a move of 1.41%.
The gold price rose on 12 August 2015, gaining $15.60 (1.41%) against the previous session's close of $1,107.60.
At $1,123.20 per troy ounce, one gram of pure gold was worth about $36.11 on 12 August 2015. A troy ounce is 31.1034768 grams.
Scrap value follows purity, so on 12 August 2015 18k gold was worth about $27.08 per gram and 14k about $21.07 per gram, against $36.11 for pure 24k. These are melt values before any dealer margin.
The gold-to-silver ratio closed at about 72.6 on 12 August 2015, meaning one ounce of gold was worth roughly 72.6 ounces of silver.
A week before 12 August 2015, gold was around $1,085.70 per troy ounce, so the close of $1,123.20 is a gain of 3.5% over the week.
A year before 12 August 2015, gold was around $1,308.80 per troy ounce. The close of $1,123.20 therefore represents a fall of 14.2% over twelve months.
This close was session 5 of a consecutive run of gains. A run is counted by closes, so an intraday reversal that still closed in the same direction does not break it.
It closed 40.53% below the highest close on record up to that date, which was set on 2011-08-22.