Distance from the record
This close sat 31.56% 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 23 January 2015, not the current price.See today's gold price (11 September 2026)
Gold closed at $1,292.60 per troy ounce on 23 January 2015, down $8.100 (0.62%) from the previous close of $1,300.70.
This close sat 31.56% 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 4 of 251 sessions.
Metal value only, before dealer margins and fabrication.
Twelve months earlier gold traded around $1,262.60, making this a +2.38% move year on year.
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Gold closed at $1,292.60 per troy ounce on 23 January 2015. That is $8.10 lower than the previous close of $1,300.70, a move of -0.62%.
The gold price fell on 23 January 2015, losing $8.10 (0.62%) against the previous session's close of $1,300.70.
At $1,292.60 per troy ounce, one gram of pure gold was worth about $41.56 on 23 January 2015. A troy ounce is 31.1034768 grams.
Scrap value follows purity, so on 23 January 2015 18k gold was worth about $31.17 per gram and 14k about $24.24 per gram, against $41.56 for pure 24k. These are melt values before any dealer margin.
The gold-to-silver ratio closed at about 70.7 on 23 January 2015, meaning one ounce of gold was worth roughly 70.7 ounces of silver.
A month before 23 January 2015, gold was around $1,177.90 per troy ounce, so the close of $1,292.60 is a gain of 9.7% over the month.
It closed 31.56% below the highest close on record up to that date, which was set on 2011-08-22.