Distance from the record
This close sat 43.72% 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 15 December 2015, not the current price.See today's gold price (11 September 2026)
Lowest closing price since 3 December 2015
Gold closed at $1,062.90 per troy ounce on 15 December 2015, down $1.800 (0.17%) from the previous close of $1,064.70.
This close sat 43.72% below the highest gold close recorded up to that date, set on 2011-08-22.
One of the ten lowest gold closes of that year, ranking 244 of 251 sessions.
Metal value only, before dealer margins and fabrication.
Twelve months earlier gold traded around $1,207.20, making this a -11.95% move year on year.
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Gold closed at $1,062.90 per troy ounce on 15 December 2015. That is $1.80 lower than the previous close of $1,064.70, a move of -0.17%.
The gold price fell on 15 December 2015, losing $1.80 (0.17%) against the previous session's close of $1,064.70.
At $1,062.90 per troy ounce, one gram of pure gold was worth about $34.17 on 15 December 2015. A troy ounce is 31.1034768 grams.
Scrap value follows purity, so on 15 December 2015 18k gold was worth about $25.63 per gram and 14k about $19.93 per gram, against $34.17 for pure 24k. These are melt values before any dealer margin.
The gold-to-silver ratio closed at about 77.4 on 15 December 2015, meaning one ounce of gold was worth roughly 77.4 ounces of silver.
It closed 43.72% below the highest close on record up to that date, which was set on 2011-08-22.