Distance from the record
This close sat 35.65% 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 19 September 2014, not the current price.See today's gold price (11 September 2026)
Lowest closing price since 1 September 2014
Gold closed at $1,215.30 per troy ounce on 19 September 2014, down $10.40 (0.85%) from the previous close of $1,225.70.
This close extended a run of 3 consecutive sessions of losses. Runs are more informative than any one day inside them: they show direction holding rather than a single session's noise.
This close sat 35.65% 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 $1,369.40, making this a -11.25% move year on year.
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Gold closed at $1,215.30 per troy ounce on 19 September 2014. That is $10.40 lower than the previous close of $1,225.70, a move of -0.85%.
The gold price fell on 19 September 2014, losing $10.40 (0.85%) against the previous session's close of $1,225.70.
At $1,215.30 per troy ounce, one gram of pure gold was worth about $39.07 on 19 September 2014. A troy ounce is 31.1034768 grams.
Scrap value follows purity, so on 19 September 2014 18k gold was worth about $29.30 per gram and 14k about $22.79 per gram, against $39.07 for pure 24k. These are melt values before any dealer margin.
The gold-to-silver ratio closed at about 68.3 on 19 September 2014, meaning one ounce of gold was worth roughly 68.3 ounces of silver.
A month before 19 September 2014, gold was around $1,295.10 per troy ounce, so the close of $1,215.30 is a loss of 6.2% over the month.
This close was session 3 of a consecutive run of losses. A run is counted by closes, so an intraday reversal that still closed in the same direction does not break it.
It closed 35.65% below the highest close on record up to that date, which was set on 2011-08-22.