Distance from the record
This close sat 7.26% below the highest gold close recorded up to that date, set on 2020-08-06.
This page is a historical record of the gold price in 15 August 2023, not the current price.See today's gold price (11 September 2026)
Lowest closing price since 10 March 2023
Gold closed at $1,902.50 per troy ounce on 15 August 2023, down $8.100 (0.42%) from the previous close of $1,910.60.
This close extended a run of 7 consecutive sessions of losses. Runs are more informative than any one day inside them: they show direction holding rather than a single session's noise.
This close sat 7.26% below the highest gold close recorded up to that date, set on 2020-08-06.
Metal value only, before dealer margins and fabrication.
Twelve months earlier gold traded around $1,781.40, making this a +6.80% move year on year.
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Gold closed at $1,902.50 per troy ounce on 15 August 2023. That is $8.10 lower than the previous close of $1,910.60, a move of -0.42%.
The gold price fell on 15 August 2023, losing $8.10 (0.42%) against the previous session's close of $1,910.60.
At $1,902.50 per troy ounce, one gram of pure gold was worth about $61.17 on 15 August 2023. A troy ounce is 31.1034768 grams.
Scrap value follows purity, so on 15 August 2023 18k gold was worth about $45.88 per gram and 14k about $35.68 per gram, against $61.17 for pure 24k. These are melt values before any dealer margin.
The gold-to-silver ratio closed at about 84.2 on 15 August 2023, meaning one ounce of gold was worth roughly 84.2 ounces of silver.
This close was session 7 of a consecutive run of losses. A run is counted by closes, so an intraday reversal that still closed in the same direction does not break it.
It closed 7.26% below the highest close on record up to that date, which was set on 2020-08-06.