Distance from the record
This close sat 38.22% 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 27 October 2015, not the current price.See today's gold price (11 September 2026)
Gold closed at $1,166.80 per troy ounce on 27 October 2015, down $0.200 (0.02%) from the previous close of $1,167.00.
Gold barely moved, closing within 0.02% 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 38.22% 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 $1,229.10, making this a -5.07% move year on year.
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Gold closed at $1,166.80 per troy ounce on 27 October 2015. That is $0.20 lower than the previous close of $1,167.00, a move of -0.02%.
The gold price fell on 27 October 2015, losing $0.20 (0.02%) against the previous session's close of $1,167.00.
At $1,166.80 per troy ounce, one gram of pure gold was worth about $37.51 on 27 October 2015. A troy ounce is 31.1034768 grams.
Scrap value follows purity, so on 27 October 2015 18k gold was worth about $28.14 per gram and 14k about $21.88 per gram, against $37.51 for pure 24k. These are melt values before any dealer margin.
The gold-to-silver ratio closed at about 73.6 on 27 October 2015, meaning one ounce of gold was worth roughly 73.6 ounces of silver.
It closed 38.22% below the highest close on record up to that date, which was set on 2011-08-22.