Distance from the record
This close sat 36.57% 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 16 April 2015, not the current price.See today's gold price (11 September 2026)
Gold closed at $1,198.00 per troy ounce on 16 April 2015, down $3.500 (0.29%) from the previous close of $1,201.50.
This close sat 36.57% 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 $1,303.10, making this a -8.07% move year on year.
Figures in this section are shown in USD, independent of the currency selected above.
Gold closed at $1,198.00 per troy ounce on 16 April 2015. That is $3.50 lower than the previous close of $1,201.50, a move of -0.29%.
The gold price fell on 16 April 2015, losing $3.50 (0.29%) against the previous session's close of $1,201.50.
At $1,198.00 per troy ounce, one gram of pure gold was worth about $38.52 on 16 April 2015. A troy ounce is 31.1034768 grams.
Scrap value follows purity, so on 16 April 2015 18k gold was worth about $28.89 per gram and 14k about $22.47 per gram, against $38.52 for pure 24k. These are melt values before any dealer margin.
The gold-to-silver ratio closed at about 73.6 on 16 April 2015, meaning one ounce of gold was worth roughly 73.6 ounces of silver.
It closed 36.57% below the highest close on record up to that date, which was set on 2011-08-22.