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No earlier session that month closed above this level.
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This page is a historical record of the gold price in 4 August 2015, not the current price.See today's gold price (11 September 2026)
Gold closed at $1,090.70 per troy ounce on 4 August 2015, up $1.300 (0.12%) from the previous close of $1,089.40.
Gold barely moved, closing within 0.12% 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.
No earlier session that month closed above this level.
This close sat 42.25% 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 $1,287.70, making this a -15.30% move year on year.
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Gold closed at $1,090.70 per troy ounce on 4 August 2015. That is $1.30 higher than the previous close of $1,089.40, a move of 0.12%.
The gold price rose on 4 August 2015, gaining $1.30 (0.12%) against the previous session's close of $1,089.40.
At $1,090.70 per troy ounce, one gram of pure gold was worth about $35.07 on 4 August 2015. A troy ounce is 31.1034768 grams.
Scrap value follows purity, so on 4 August 2015 18k gold was worth about $26.30 per gram and 14k about $20.46 per gram, against $35.07 for pure 24k. These are melt values before any dealer margin.
The gold-to-silver ratio closed at about 75.0 on 4 August 2015, meaning one ounce of gold was worth roughly 75.0 ounces of silver.
A month before 4 August 2015, gold was around $1,163.00 per troy ounce, so the close of $1,090.70 is a loss of 6.2% over the month.
A year before 4 August 2015, gold was around $1,287.70 per troy ounce. The close of $1,090.70 therefore represents a fall of 15.3% over twelve months.
It closed 42.25% below the highest close on record up to that date, which was set on 2011-08-22.