Highest so far that year
At the time, no session earlier in the year had closed higher.
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This page is a historical record of the gold price in 15 January 2015, not the current price.See today's gold price (11 September 2026)
Highest closing price since 5 September 2014
Gold closed at $1,264.70 per troy ounce on 15 January 2015, up $30.30 (2.45%) from the previous close of $1,234.40.
This was a 2.45% move in one session — well beyond a typical day for gold. Moves this size are usually a reaction to something specific rather than ordinary drift, so the surrounding news is worth checking alongside the number.
At the time, no session earlier in the year had closed higher.
This close sat 33.04% 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 $1,238.10, making this a +2.15% move year on year.
Figures in this section are shown in USD, independent of the currency selected above.
Gold closed at $1,264.70 per troy ounce on 15 January 2015. That is $30.30 higher than the previous close of $1,234.40, a move of 2.45%.
The gold price rose on 15 January 2015, gaining $30.30 (2.45%) against the previous session's close of $1,234.40.
At $1,264.70 per troy ounce, one gram of pure gold was worth about $40.66 on 15 January 2015. A troy ounce is 31.1034768 grams.
Scrap value follows purity, so on 15 January 2015 18k gold was worth about $30.50 per gram and 14k about $23.72 per gram, against $40.66 for pure 24k. These are melt values before any dealer margin.
The gold-to-silver ratio closed at about 74.1 on 15 January 2015, meaning one ounce of gold was worth roughly 74.1 ounces of silver.
A week before 15 January 2015, gold was around $1,208.40 per troy ounce, so the close of $1,264.70 is a gain of 4.7% over the week.
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 33.04% below the highest close on record up to that date, which was set on 2011-08-22.
The most recent higher close was about 4 months earlier — 91 trading sessions before this one.