Distance from the record
This close sat 40.85% 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 18 August 2015, not the current price.See today's gold price (11 September 2026)
Gold closed at $1,117.10 per troy ounce on 18 August 2015, down $1.500 (0.13%) from the previous close of $1,118.60.
Gold barely moved, closing within 0.13% of the previous session. Flat days are the majority of any price series and are most useful as the baseline the notable days are measured against.
This close sat 40.85% 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 $1,297.70, making this a -13.92% move year on year.
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Gold closed at $1,117.10 per troy ounce on 18 August 2015. That is $1.50 lower than the previous close of $1,118.60, a move of -0.13%.
The gold price fell on 18 August 2015, losing $1.50 (0.13%) against the previous session's close of $1,118.60.
At $1,117.10 per troy ounce, one gram of pure gold was worth about $35.92 on 18 August 2015. A troy ounce is 31.1034768 grams.
Scrap value follows purity, so on 18 August 2015 18k gold was worth about $26.94 per gram and 14k about $20.95 per gram, against $35.92 for pure 24k. These are melt values before any dealer margin.
The gold-to-silver ratio closed at about 75.5 on 18 August 2015, meaning one ounce of gold was worth roughly 75.5 ounces of silver.
A year before 18 August 2015, gold was around $1,297.70 per troy ounce. The close of $1,117.10 therefore represents a fall of 13.9% over twelve months.
It closed 40.85% below the highest close on record up to that date, which was set on 2011-08-22.