Distance from the record
This close sat 39.26% 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 July 2015, not the current price.See today's gold price (11 September 2026)
Lowest closing price since 6 November 2014
Gold closed at $1,147.20 per troy ounce on 15 July 2015, down $6.100 (0.53%) from the previous close of $1,153.30.
This close extended a run of 5 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 39.26% 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 $1,296.90, making this a -11.54% move year on year.
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Gold closed at $1,147.20 per troy ounce on 15 July 2015. That is $6.10 lower than the previous close of $1,153.30, a move of -0.53%.
The gold price fell on 15 July 2015, losing $6.10 (0.53%) against the previous session's close of $1,153.30.
At $1,147.20 per troy ounce, one gram of pure gold was worth about $36.88 on 15 July 2015. A troy ounce is 31.1034768 grams.
Scrap value follows purity, so on 15 July 2015 18k gold was worth about $27.66 per gram and 14k about $21.52 per gram, against $36.88 for pure 24k. These are melt values before any dealer margin.
The gold-to-silver ratio closed at about 76.3 on 15 July 2015, meaning one ounce of gold was worth roughly 76.3 ounces of silver.
This close was session 5 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 39.26% below the highest close on record up to that date, which was set on 2011-08-22.