Distance from the record
This close sat 42.37% 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 30 July 2015, not the current price.See today's gold price (11 September 2026)
Gold closed at $1,088.40 per troy ounce on 30 July 2015, down $4.300 (0.39%) from the previous close of $1,092.70.
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 42.37% 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 $1,294.90, making this a -15.95% move year on year.
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Gold closed at $1,088.40 per troy ounce on 30 July 2015. That is $4.30 lower than the previous close of $1,092.70, a move of -0.39%.
The gold price fell on 30 July 2015, losing $4.30 (0.39%) against the previous session's close of $1,092.70.
At $1,088.40 per troy ounce, one gram of pure gold was worth about $34.99 on 30 July 2015. A troy ounce is 31.1034768 grams.
Scrap value follows purity, so on 30 July 2015 18k gold was worth about $26.24 per gram and 14k about $20.41 per gram, against $34.99 for pure 24k. These are melt values before any dealer margin.
The gold-to-silver ratio closed at about 74.1 on 30 July 2015, meaning one ounce of gold was worth roughly 74.1 ounces of silver.
A month before 30 July 2015, gold was around $1,171.50 per troy ounce, so the close of $1,088.40 is a loss of 7.1% over the month.
A year before 30 July 2015, gold was around $1,294.90 per troy ounce. The close of $1,088.40 therefore represents a fall of 15.9% over twelve months.
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 42.37% below the highest close on record up to that date, which was set on 2011-08-22.