Distance from the record
This close sat 31.50% 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 21 January 2015, not the current price.See today's gold price (11 September 2026)
Gold closed at $1,293.70 per troy ounce on 21 January 2015, down $0.500 (0.04%) from the previous close of $1,294.20.
Gold barely moved, closing within 0.04% 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 31.50% below the highest gold close recorded up to that date, set on 2011-08-22.
One of the ten highest gold closes of that year, ranking 3 of 251 sessions.
Metal value only, before dealer margins and fabrication.
Twelve months earlier gold traded around $1,242.30, making this a +4.14% move year on year.
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Gold closed at $1,293.70 per troy ounce on 21 January 2015. That is $0.50 lower than the previous close of $1,294.20, a move of -0.04%.
The gold price fell on 21 January 2015, losing $0.50 (0.04%) against the previous session's close of $1,294.20.
At $1,293.70 per troy ounce, one gram of pure gold was worth about $41.59 on 21 January 2015. A troy ounce is 31.1034768 grams.
Scrap value follows purity, so on 21 January 2015 18k gold was worth about $31.20 per gram and 14k about $24.26 per gram, against $41.59 for pure 24k. These are melt values before any dealer margin.
The gold-to-silver ratio closed at about 71.2 on 21 January 2015, meaning one ounce of gold was worth roughly 71.2 ounces of silver.
A week before 21 January 2015, gold was around $1,234.40 per troy ounce, so the close of $1,293.70 is a gain of 4.8% over the week.
A month before 21 January 2015, gold was around $1,195.90 per troy ounce, so the close of $1,293.70 is a gain of 8.2% over the month.
It closed 31.50% below the highest close on record up to that date, which was set on 2011-08-22.