Distance from the record
This close sat 44.36% 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 17 December 2015, not the current price.See today's gold price (11 September 2026)
Lowest closing price since 30 October 2009
Gold closed at $1,050.80 per troy ounce on 17 December 2015, down $27.20 (2.52%) from the previous close of $1,078.00.
Notable session: lowest close of the year; lowest close of the month.
Gold lost 2.52% in one session, far more than a normal day's range. Falls this size rarely happen in isolation — the days on either side give the move its context.
This close sat 44.36% below the highest gold close recorded up to that date, set on 2011-08-22.
One of the ten lowest gold closes of that year, ranking 251 of 251 sessions.
Metal value only, before dealer margins and fabrication.
Twelve months earlier gold traded around $1,194.30, making this a -12.02% move year on year.
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Gold closed at $1,050.80 per troy ounce on 17 December 2015. That is $27.20 lower than the previous close of $1,078.00, a move of -2.52%.
The gold price fell on 17 December 2015, losing $27.20 (2.52%) against the previous session's close of $1,078.00.
At $1,050.80 per troy ounce, one gram of pure gold was worth about $33.78 on 17 December 2015. A troy ounce is 31.1034768 grams.
Scrap value follows purity, so on 17 December 2015 18k gold was worth about $25.34 per gram and 14k about $19.71 per gram, against $33.78 for pure 24k. These are melt values before any dealer margin.
The gold-to-silver ratio closed at about 76.8 on 17 December 2015, meaning one ounce of gold was worth roughly 76.8 ounces of silver.
A week before 17 December 2015, gold was around $1,073.10 per troy ounce, so the close of $1,050.80 is a loss of 2.1% over the week.
A year before 17 December 2015, gold was around $1,194.30 per troy ounce. The close of $1,050.80 therefore represents a fall of 12.0% over twelve months.
It closed 44.36% below the highest close on record up to that date, which was set on 2011-08-22.