Distance from the record
This close sat 39.04% below the highest gold close recorded up to that date, set on 2011-08-22.
This page is a historical record of the gold price in 18 March 2015, not the current price.See today's gold price (11 September 2026)
Gold closed at $1,151.40 per troy ounce on 18 March 2015, up $3.100 (0.27%) from the previous close of $1,148.30.
This close sat 39.04% 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 $1,359.00, making this a -15.28% move year on year.
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Gold closed at $1,151.40 per troy ounce on 18 March 2015. That is $3.10 higher than the previous close of $1,148.30, a move of 0.27%.
The gold price rose on 18 March 2015, gaining $3.10 (0.27%) against the previous session's close of $1,148.30.
At $1,151.40 per troy ounce, one gram of pure gold was worth about $37.02 on 18 March 2015. A troy ounce is 31.1034768 grams.
Scrap value follows purity, so on 18 March 2015 18k gold was worth about $27.76 per gram and 14k about $21.59 per gram, against $37.02 for pure 24k. These are melt values before any dealer margin.
The gold-to-silver ratio closed at about 74.2 on 18 March 2015, meaning one ounce of gold was worth roughly 74.2 ounces of silver.
A year before 18 March 2015, gold was around $1,359.00 per troy ounce. The close of $1,151.40 therefore represents a fall of 15.3% over twelve months.
It closed 39.04% below the highest close on record up to that date, which was set on 2011-08-22.