Distance from the record
This close sat 43.55% 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 December 2015, not the current price.See today's gold price (11 September 2026)
Gold closed at $1,066.20 per troy ounce on 18 December 2015, up $15.40 (1.47%) from the previous close of $1,050.80.
Gold moved the opposite way to the session before it. Single-day reversals are common and usually mean little on their own — what matters is whether the next few sessions follow.
This close sat 43.55% 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 $1,194.70, making this a -10.76% move year on year.
Figures in this section are shown in USD, independent of the currency selected above.
Gold closed at $1,066.20 per troy ounce on 18 December 2015. That is $15.40 higher than the previous close of $1,050.80, a move of 1.47%.
The gold price rose on 18 December 2015, gaining $15.40 (1.47%) against the previous session's close of $1,050.80.
At $1,066.20 per troy ounce, one gram of pure gold was worth about $34.28 on 18 December 2015. A troy ounce is 31.1034768 grams.
Scrap value follows purity, so on 18 December 2015 18k gold was worth about $25.71 per gram and 14k about $20.00 per gram, against $34.28 for pure 24k. These are melt values before any dealer margin.
The gold-to-silver ratio closed at about 75.7 on 18 December 2015, meaning one ounce of gold was worth roughly 75.7 ounces of silver.
It closed 43.55% below the highest close on record up to that date, which was set on 2011-08-22.