Distance from the record
This close sat 40.32% 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 September 2015, not the current price.See today's gold price (11 September 2026)
Gold closed at $1,127.10 per troy ounce on 29 September 2015, down $4.900 (0.43%) from the previous close of $1,132.00.
This close extended a run of 3 consecutive sessions of losses. Runs are more informative than any one day inside them: they show direction holding rather than a single session's noise.
This close sat 40.32% 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 $1,217.50, making this a -7.43% move year on year.
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Gold closed at $1,127.10 per troy ounce on 29 September 2015. That is $4.90 lower than the previous close of $1,132.00, a move of -0.43%.
The gold price fell on 29 September 2015, losing $4.90 (0.43%) against the previous session's close of $1,132.00.
At $1,127.10 per troy ounce, one gram of pure gold was worth about $36.24 on 29 September 2015. A troy ounce is 31.1034768 grams.
Scrap value follows purity, so on 29 September 2015 18k gold was worth about $27.18 per gram and 14k about $21.14 per gram, against $36.24 for pure 24k. These are melt values before any dealer margin.
The gold-to-silver ratio closed at about 77.4 on 29 September 2015, meaning one ounce of gold was worth roughly 77.4 ounces of silver.
This close was session 3 of a consecutive run of losses. A run is counted by closes, so an intraday reversal that still closed in the same direction does not break it.
It closed 40.32% below the highest close on record up to that date, which was set on 2011-08-22.