Distance from the record
This close sat 40.94% 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 30 September 2015, not the current price.See today's gold price (11 September 2026)
Lowest closing price since 15 September 2015
Gold closed at $1,115.50 per troy ounce on 30 September 2015, down $11.60 (1.03%) from the previous close of $1,127.10.
This close extended a run of 4 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 40.94% 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 $1,210.50, making this a -7.85% move year on year.
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Gold closed at $1,115.50 per troy ounce on 30 September 2015. That is $11.60 lower than the previous close of $1,127.10, a move of -1.03%.
The gold price fell on 30 September 2015, losing $11.60 (1.03%) against the previous session's close of $1,127.10.
At $1,115.50 per troy ounce, one gram of pure gold was worth about $35.86 on 30 September 2015. A troy ounce is 31.1034768 grams.
Scrap value follows purity, so on 30 September 2015 18k gold was worth about $26.90 per gram and 14k about $20.92 per gram, against $35.86 for pure 24k. These are melt values before any dealer margin.
The gold-to-silver ratio closed at about 76.9 on 30 September 2015, meaning one ounce of gold was worth roughly 76.9 ounces of silver.
This close was session 4 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 40.94% below the highest close on record up to that date, which was set on 2011-08-22.