Highest so far that month
No earlier session that month closed above this level.
This page is a historical record of the gold price in 5 May 2015, not the current price.See today's gold price (11 September 2026)
Gold closed at $1,193.20 per troy ounce on 5 May 2015, up $6.400 (0.54%) from the previous close of $1,186.80.
No earlier session that month closed above this level.
This close sat 36.82% 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 $1,309.00, making this a -8.85% move year on year.
Figures in this section are shown in USD, independent of the currency selected above.
Gold closed at $1,193.20 per troy ounce on 5 May 2015. That is $6.40 higher than the previous close of $1,186.80, a move of 0.54%.
The gold price rose on 5 May 2015, gaining $6.40 (0.54%) against the previous session's close of $1,186.80.
At $1,193.20 per troy ounce, one gram of pure gold was worth about $38.36 on 5 May 2015. A troy ounce is 31.1034768 grams.
Scrap value follows purity, so on 5 May 2015 18k gold was worth about $28.77 per gram and 14k about $22.38 per gram, against $38.36 for pure 24k. These are melt values before any dealer margin.
The gold-to-silver ratio closed at about 72.1 on 5 May 2015, meaning one ounce of gold was worth roughly 72.1 ounces of silver.
It closed 36.82% below the highest close on record up to that date, which was set on 2011-08-22.