Distance from the record
This close sat 42.52% 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 5 August 2015, not the current price.See today's gold price (11 September 2026)
Lowest closing price since 24 July 2015
Gold closed at $1,085.70 per troy ounce on 5 August 2015, down $5.000 (0.46%) from the previous close of $1,090.70.
Notable session: lowest close of the month.
This close sat 42.52% 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 $1,284.00, making this a -15.44% move year on year.
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Gold closed at $1,085.70 per troy ounce on 5 August 2015. That is $5.00 lower than the previous close of $1,090.70, a move of -0.46%.
The gold price fell on 5 August 2015, losing $5.00 (0.46%) against the previous session's close of $1,090.70.
At $1,085.70 per troy ounce, one gram of pure gold was worth about $34.91 on 5 August 2015. A troy ounce is 31.1034768 grams.
Scrap value follows purity, so on 5 August 2015 18k gold was worth about $26.18 per gram and 14k about $20.36 per gram, against $34.91 for pure 24k. These are melt values before any dealer margin.
The gold-to-silver ratio closed at about 74.6 on 5 August 2015, meaning one ounce of gold was worth roughly 74.6 ounces of silver.
A month before 5 August 2015, gold was around $1,163.00 per troy ounce, so the close of $1,085.70 is a loss of 6.6% over the month.
A year before 5 August 2015, gold was around $1,284.00 per troy ounce. The close of $1,085.70 therefore represents a fall of 15.4% over twelve months.
It closed 42.52% below the highest close on record up to that date, which was set on 2011-08-22.