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This page is a historical record of the gold price in 12 October 2015, not the current price.See today's gold price (11 September 2026)
Highest closing price since 6 July 2015
Gold closed at $1,164.90 per troy ounce on 12 October 2015, up $8.600 (0.74%) from the previous close of $1,156.30.
No earlier session that month closed above this level.
This close sat 38.32% 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 $1,221.00, making this a -4.59% move year on year.
Figures in this section are shown in USD, independent of the currency selected above.
Gold closed at $1,164.90 per troy ounce on 12 October 2015. That is $8.60 higher than the previous close of $1,156.30, a move of 0.74%.
The gold price rose on 12 October 2015, gaining $8.60 (0.74%) against the previous session's close of $1,156.30.
At $1,164.90 per troy ounce, one gram of pure gold was worth about $37.45 on 12 October 2015. A troy ounce is 31.1034768 grams.
Scrap value follows purity, so on 12 October 2015 18k gold was worth about $28.09 per gram and 14k about $21.85 per gram, against $37.45 for pure 24k. These are melt values before any dealer margin.
The gold-to-silver ratio closed at about 73.5 on 12 October 2015, meaning one ounce of gold was worth roughly 73.5 ounces of silver.
A week before 12 October 2015, gold was around $1,138.10 per troy ounce, so the close of $1,164.90 is a gain of 2.4% over the week.
A month before 12 October 2015, gold was around $1,103.50 per troy ounce, so the close of $1,164.90 is a gain of 5.6% over the month.
It closed 38.32% below the highest close on record up to that date, which was set on 2011-08-22.
The most recent higher close was about 3 months earlier — 69 trading sessions before this one.