Distance from the record
This close sat 36.24% 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 22 May 2015, not the current price.See today's gold price (11 September 2026)
Lowest closing price since 12 May 2015
Gold closed at $1,204.30 per troy ounce on 22 May 2015, down $0.100 (0.01%) from the previous close of $1,204.40.
Gold barely moved, closing within 0.01% 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 36.24% 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 $1,294.90, making this a -7.00% move year on year.
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Gold closed at $1,204.30 per troy ounce on 22 May 2015. That is $0.10 lower than the previous close of $1,204.40, a move of -0.01%.
The gold price fell on 22 May 2015, losing $0.10 (0.01%) against the previous session's close of $1,204.40.
At $1,204.30 per troy ounce, one gram of pure gold was worth about $38.72 on 22 May 2015. A troy ounce is 31.1034768 grams.
Scrap value follows purity, so on 22 May 2015 18k gold was worth about $29.04 per gram and 14k about $22.59 per gram, against $38.72 for pure 24k. These are melt values before any dealer margin.
The gold-to-silver ratio closed at about 70.7 on 22 May 2015, meaning one ounce of gold was worth roughly 70.7 ounces of silver.
It closed 36.24% below the highest close on record up to that date, which was set on 2011-08-22.