Distance from the record
This close sat 41.95% 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 28 July 2015, not the current price.See today's gold price (11 September 2026)
Gold closed at $1,096.30 per troy ounce on 28 July 2015, down $0.200 (0.02%) from the previous close of $1,096.50.
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 41.95% 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 $1,303.30, making this a -15.88% move year on year.
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Gold closed at $1,096.30 per troy ounce on 28 July 2015. That is $0.20 lower than the previous close of $1,096.50, a move of -0.02%.
The gold price fell on 28 July 2015, losing $0.20 (0.02%) against the previous session's close of $1,096.50.
At $1,096.30 per troy ounce, one gram of pure gold was worth about $35.25 on 28 July 2015. A troy ounce is 31.1034768 grams.
Scrap value follows purity, so on 28 July 2015 18k gold was worth about $26.44 per gram and 14k about $20.56 per gram, against $35.25 for pure 24k. These are melt values before any dealer margin.
The gold-to-silver ratio closed at about 74.9 on 28 July 2015, meaning one ounce of gold was worth roughly 74.9 ounces of silver.
A month before 28 July 2015, gold was around $1,172.90 per troy ounce, so the close of $1,096.30 is a loss of 6.5% over the month.
A year before 28 July 2015, gold was around $1,303.30 per troy ounce. The close of $1,096.30 therefore represents a fall of 15.9% over twelve months.
It closed 41.95% below the highest close on record up to that date, which was set on 2011-08-22.