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 16 January 2015, not the current price.See today's gold price (11 September 2026)
Highest closing price since 29 August 2014
Gold closed at $1,276.90 per troy ounce on 16 January 2015, up $12.20 (0.96%) from the previous close of $1,264.70.
This close extended a run of 6 consecutive sessions of gains. Runs are more informative than any one day inside them: they show direction holding rather than a single session's noise.
At the time, no session earlier in the year had closed higher.
This close sat 32.39% below the highest gold close recorded up to that date, set on 2011-08-22.
One of the ten highest gold closes of that year, ranking 9 of 251 sessions.
Metal value only, before dealer margins and fabrication.
Twelve months earlier gold traded around $1,240.00, making this a +2.98% move year on year.
Figures in this section are shown in USD, independent of the currency selected above.
Gold closed at $1,276.90 per troy ounce on 16 January 2015. That is $12.20 higher than the previous close of $1,264.70, a move of 0.96%.
The gold price rose on 16 January 2015, gaining $12.20 (0.96%) against the previous session's close of $1,264.70.
At $1,276.90 per troy ounce, one gram of pure gold was worth about $41.05 on 16 January 2015. A troy ounce is 31.1034768 grams.
Scrap value follows purity, so on 16 January 2015 18k gold was worth about $30.79 per gram and 14k about $23.95 per gram, against $41.05 for pure 24k. These are melt values before any dealer margin.
The gold-to-silver ratio closed at about 72.0 on 16 January 2015, meaning one ounce of gold was worth roughly 72.0 ounces of silver.
A week before 16 January 2015, gold was around $1,216.00 per troy ounce, so the close of $1,276.90 is a gain of 5.0% over the week.
A month before 16 January 2015, gold was around $1,193.90 per troy ounce, so the close of $1,276.90 is a gain of 7.0% over the month.
This close was session 6 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 32.39% below the highest close on record up to that date, which was set on 2011-08-22.
The most recent higher close was about 5 months earlier — 97 trading sessions before this one.