Distance from the record
This close sat 35.90% 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 7 January 2015, not the current price.See today's gold price (11 September 2026)
Gold closed at $1,210.60 per troy ounce on 7 January 2015, down $8.700 (0.71%) from the previous close of $1,219.30.
This close sat 35.90% 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 $1,229.40, making this a -1.53% move year on year.
Figures in this section are shown in USD, independent of the currency selected above.
Gold closed at $1,210.60 per troy ounce on 7 January 2015. That is $8.70 lower than the previous close of $1,219.30, a move of -0.71%.
The gold price fell on 7 January 2015, losing $8.70 (0.71%) against the previous session's close of $1,219.30.
At $1,210.60 per troy ounce, one gram of pure gold was worth about $38.92 on 7 January 2015. A troy ounce is 31.1034768 grams.
Scrap value follows purity, so on 7 January 2015 18k gold was worth about $29.19 per gram and 14k about $22.70 per gram, against $38.92 for pure 24k. These are melt values before any dealer margin.
The gold-to-silver ratio closed at about 73.3 on 7 January 2015, meaning one ounce of gold was worth roughly 73.3 ounces of silver.
A week before 7 January 2015, gold was around $1,183.90 per troy ounce, so the close of $1,210.60 is a gain of 2.3% over the week.
It closed 35.90% below the highest close on record up to that date, which was set on 2011-08-22.