Distance from the record
This close sat 36.10% 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 19 May 2015, not the current price.See today's gold price (11 September 2026)
Gold closed at $1,206.90 per troy ounce on 19 May 2015, down $20.90 (1.70%) from the previous close of $1,227.80.
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 36.10% 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 $1,293.70, making this a -6.71% move year on year.
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Gold closed at $1,206.90 per troy ounce on 19 May 2015. That is $20.90 lower than the previous close of $1,227.80, a move of -1.70%.
The gold price fell on 19 May 2015, losing $20.90 (1.70%) against the previous session's close of $1,227.80.
At $1,206.90 per troy ounce, one gram of pure gold was worth about $38.80 on 19 May 2015. A troy ounce is 31.1034768 grams.
Scrap value follows purity, so on 19 May 2015 18k gold was worth about $29.10 per gram and 14k about $22.63 per gram, against $38.80 for pure 24k. These are melt values before any dealer margin.
The gold-to-silver ratio closed at about 70.8 on 19 May 2015, meaning one ounce of gold was worth roughly 70.8 ounces of silver.
It closed 36.10% below the highest close on record up to that date, which was set on 2011-08-22.