Distance from the record
This close sat 6.00% 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 March 2022, not the current price.See today's gold price (11 September 2026)
Lowest closing price since 2 March 2022
Gold closed at $1,928.50 per troy ounce on 15 March 2022, down $31.10 (1.59%) from the previous close of $1,959.60.
This close extended a run of 3 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 6.00% 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 $1,728.90, making this a +11.54% move year on year.
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Gold closed at $1,928.50 per troy ounce on 15 March 2022. That is $31.10 lower than the previous close of $1,959.60, a move of -1.59%.
The gold price fell on 15 March 2022, losing $31.10 (1.59%) against the previous session's close of $1,959.60.
At $1,928.50 per troy ounce, one gram of pure gold was worth about $62.00 on 15 March 2022. A troy ounce is 31.1034768 grams.
Scrap value follows purity, so on 15 March 2022 18k gold was worth about $46.50 per gram and 14k about $36.17 per gram, against $62.00 for pure 24k. These are melt values before any dealer margin.
The gold-to-silver ratio closed at about 76.8 on 15 March 2022, meaning one ounce of gold was worth roughly 76.8 ounces of silver.
A week before 15 March 2022, gold was around $2,040.10 per troy ounce, so the close of $1,928.50 is a loss of 5.5% over the week.
This close was session 3 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 6.00% below the highest close on record up to that date, which was set on 2020-08-06.