Distance from the record
This close sat 35.95% 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 29 April 2015, not the current price.See today's gold price (11 September 2026)
Gold closed at $1,209.80 per troy ounce on 29 April 2015, down $4.200 (0.35%) from the previous close of $1,214.00.
This close sat 35.95% 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 $1,296.00, making this a -6.65% move year on year.
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Gold closed at $1,209.80 per troy ounce on 29 April 2015. That is $4.20 lower than the previous close of $1,214.00, a move of -0.35%.
The gold price fell on 29 April 2015, losing $4.20 (0.35%) against the previous session's close of $1,214.00.
At $1,209.80 per troy ounce, one gram of pure gold was worth about $38.90 on 29 April 2015. A troy ounce is 31.1034768 grams.
Scrap value follows purity, so on 29 April 2015 18k gold was worth about $29.17 per gram and 14k about $22.69 per gram, against $38.90 for pure 24k. These are melt values before any dealer margin.
The gold-to-silver ratio closed at about 72.6 on 29 April 2015, meaning one ounce of gold was worth roughly 72.6 ounces of silver.
It closed 35.95% below the highest close on record up to that date, which was set on 2011-08-22.