Distance from the record
This close sat 39.20% 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 March 2015, not the current price.See today's gold price (11 September 2026)
Lowest closing price since 6 November 2014
Gold closed at $1,148.30 per troy ounce on 17 March 2015, down $5.000 (0.43%) from the previous close of $1,153.30.
Notable session: lowest close of the month.
This close sat 39.20% 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 $1,372.90, making this a -16.36% move year on year.
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Gold closed at $1,148.30 per troy ounce on 17 March 2015. That is $5.00 lower than the previous close of $1,153.30, a move of -0.43%.
The gold price fell on 17 March 2015, losing $5.00 (0.43%) against the previous session's close of $1,153.30.
At $1,148.30 per troy ounce, one gram of pure gold was worth about $36.92 on 17 March 2015. A troy ounce is 31.1034768 grams.
Scrap value follows purity, so on 17 March 2015 18k gold was worth about $27.69 per gram and 14k about $21.54 per gram, against $36.92 for pure 24k. These are melt values before any dealer margin.
The gold-to-silver ratio closed at about 73.8 on 17 March 2015, meaning one ounce of gold was worth roughly 73.8 ounces of silver.
A year before 17 March 2015, gold was around $1,372.90 per troy ounce. The close of $1,148.30 therefore represents a fall of 16.4% over twelve months.
It closed 39.20% below the highest close on record up to that date, which was set on 2011-08-22.