Distance from the record
This close sat 36.46% below the highest gold close recorded up to that date, set on 2011-08-22.
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This page is a historical record of the gold price in 15 March 2017, not the current price.See today's gold price (11 September 2026)
Lowest closing price since 30 January 2017
Gold closed at $1,200.10 per troy ounce on 15 March 2017, down $1.800 (0.15%) from the previous close of $1,201.90.
Notable session: lowest close of the month.
Gold barely moved, closing within 0.15% of the previous session. Flat days are the majority of any price series and are most useful as the baseline the notable days are measured against.
This close sat 36.46% 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 $1,230.40, making this a -2.46% move year on year.
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Gold closed at $1,200.10 per troy ounce on 15 March 2017. That is $1.80 lower than the previous close of $1,201.90, a move of -0.15%.
The gold price fell on 15 March 2017, losing $1.80 (0.15%) against the previous session's close of $1,201.90.
At $1,200.10 per troy ounce, one gram of pure gold was worth about $38.58 on 15 March 2017. A troy ounce is 31.1034768 grams.
Scrap value follows purity, so on 15 March 2017 18k gold was worth about $28.94 per gram and 14k about $22.51 per gram, against $38.58 for pure 24k. These are melt values before any dealer margin.
The gold-to-silver ratio closed at about 71.1 on 15 March 2017, meaning one ounce of gold was worth roughly 71.1 ounces of silver.
It closed 36.46% below the highest close on record up to that date, which was set on 2011-08-22.