Highest so far that year
At the time, no session earlier in the year had closed higher.
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This page is a historical record of the gold price in 6 January 2015, not the current price.See today's gold price (11 September 2026)
Highest closing price since 12 December 2014
Gold closed at $1,219.30 per troy ounce on 6 January 2015, up $15.40 (1.28%) from the previous close of $1,203.90.
This close extended a run of 3 consecutive sessions of gains. Runs are more informative than any one day inside them: they show direction holding rather than a single session's noise.
At the time, no session earlier in the year had closed higher.
This close sat 35.44% 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 $1,237.80, making this a -1.49% move year on year.
Figures in this section are shown in USD, independent of the currency selected above.
Gold closed at $1,219.30 per troy ounce on 6 January 2015. That is $15.40 higher than the previous close of $1,203.90, a move of 1.28%.
The gold price rose on 6 January 2015, gaining $15.40 (1.28%) against the previous session's close of $1,203.90.
At $1,219.30 per troy ounce, one gram of pure gold was worth about $39.20 on 6 January 2015. A troy ounce is 31.1034768 grams.
Scrap value follows purity, so on 6 January 2015 18k gold was worth about $29.40 per gram and 14k about $22.87 per gram, against $39.20 for pure 24k. These are melt values before any dealer margin.
The gold-to-silver ratio closed at about 73.4 on 6 January 2015, meaning one ounce of gold was worth roughly 73.4 ounces of silver.
This close was session 3 of a consecutive run of gains. A run is counted by closes, so an intraday reversal that still closed in the same direction does not break it.
It closed 35.44% below the highest close on record up to that date, which was set on 2011-08-22.