Distance from the record
This close sat 41.53% 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 5 November 2015, not the current price.See today's gold price (11 September 2026)
Lowest closing price since 15 September 2015
Gold closed at $1,104.40 per troy ounce on 5 November 2015, down $2.100 (0.19%) from the previous close of $1,106.50.
This close extended a run of 6 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 41.53% 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 $1,145.40, making this a -3.58% move year on year.
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Gold closed at $1,104.40 per troy ounce on 5 November 2015. That is $2.10 lower than the previous close of $1,106.50, a move of -0.19%.
The gold price fell on 5 November 2015, losing $2.10 (0.19%) against the previous session's close of $1,106.50.
At $1,104.40 per troy ounce, one gram of pure gold was worth about $35.51 on 5 November 2015. A troy ounce is 31.1034768 grams.
Scrap value follows purity, so on 5 November 2015 18k gold was worth about $26.63 per gram and 14k about $20.71 per gram, against $35.51 for pure 24k. These are melt values before any dealer margin.
The gold-to-silver ratio closed at about 73.7 on 5 November 2015, meaning one ounce of gold was worth roughly 73.7 ounces of silver.
A week before 5 November 2015, gold was around $1,147.20 per troy ounce, so the close of $1,104.40 is a loss of 3.7% over the week.
This close was session 6 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 41.53% below the highest close on record up to that date, which was set on 2011-08-22.