Distance from the record
This close sat 39.52% 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 6 November 2014, not the current price.See today's gold price (11 September 2026)
Lowest closing price since 22 April 2010
Gold closed at $1,142.30 per troy ounce on 6 November 2014, down $3.100 (0.27%) from the previous close of $1,145.40.
Notable session: lowest close of the year; lowest close of the month.
Gold had not closed this low for about 5 years. Breaking below a level held that long is the kind of move that tends to set the tone for the sessions that follow.
This close sat 39.52% below the highest gold close recorded up to that date, set on 2011-08-22.
One of the ten lowest gold closes of that year, ranking 254 of 254 sessions.
Metal value only, before dealer margins and fabrication.
Twelve months earlier gold traded around $1,317.70, making this a -13.31% move year on year.
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Gold closed at $1,142.30 per troy ounce on 6 November 2014. That is $3.10 lower than the previous close of $1,145.40, a move of -0.27%.
The gold price fell on 6 November 2014, losing $3.10 (0.27%) against the previous session's close of $1,145.40.
At $1,142.30 per troy ounce, one gram of pure gold was worth about $36.73 on 6 November 2014. A troy ounce is 31.1034768 grams.
Scrap value follows purity, so on 6 November 2014 18k gold was worth about $27.54 per gram and 14k about $21.42 per gram, against $36.73 for pure 24k. These are melt values before any dealer margin.
The gold-to-silver ratio closed at about 74.2 on 6 November 2014, meaning one ounce of gold was worth roughly 74.2 ounces of silver.
A week before 6 November 2014, gold was around $1,198.10 per troy ounce, so the close of $1,142.30 is a loss of 4.7% over the week.
A month before 6 November 2014, gold was around $1,206.70 per troy ounce, so the close of $1,142.30 is a loss of 5.3% over the month.
A year before 6 November 2014, gold was around $1,317.70 per troy ounce. The close of $1,142.30 therefore represents a fall of 13.3% over twelve months.
This close was session 7 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 39.52% below the highest close on record up to that date, which was set on 2011-08-22.