Highest so far that year
At the time, no session earlier in the year had closed higher.
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This page is a historical record of the gold price in 22 January 2015, not the current price.See today's gold price (11 September 2026)
Highest closing price since 15 August 2014
Gold closed at $1,300.70 per troy ounce on 22 January 2015, up $7.000 (0.54%) from the previous close of $1,293.70.
Notable session: highest close of the year; highest close of the month.
At the time, no session earlier in the year had closed higher.
This close sat 31.13% 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 1 of 251 sessions.
Metal value only, before dealer margins and fabrication.
Twelve months earlier gold traded around $1,239.00, making this a +4.98% move year on year.
Figures in this section are shown in USD, independent of the currency selected above.
Gold closed at $1,300.70 per troy ounce on 22 January 2015. That is $7.00 higher than the previous close of $1,293.70, a move of 0.54%.
The gold price rose on 22 January 2015, gaining $7.00 (0.54%) against the previous session's close of $1,293.70.
At $1,300.70 per troy ounce, one gram of pure gold was worth about $41.82 on 22 January 2015. A troy ounce is 31.1034768 grams.
Scrap value follows purity, so on 22 January 2015 18k gold was worth about $31.36 per gram and 14k about $24.39 per gram, against $41.82 for pure 24k. These are melt values before any dealer margin.
The gold-to-silver ratio closed at about 70.9 on 22 January 2015, meaning one ounce of gold was worth roughly 70.9 ounces of silver.
A week before 22 January 2015, gold was around $1,264.70 per troy ounce, so the close of $1,300.70 is a gain of 2.8% over the week.
A month before 22 January 2015, gold was around $1,179.70 per troy ounce, so the close of $1,300.70 is a gain of 10.3% over the month.
It closed 31.13% below the highest close on record up to that date, which was set on 2011-08-22.
The most recent higher close was about 5 months earlier — 110 trading sessions before this one.