Distance from the record
This close sat 36.02% 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 8 January 2015, not the current price.See today's gold price (11 September 2026)
Gold closed at $1,208.40 per troy ounce on 8 January 2015, down $2.200 (0.18%) from the previous close of $1,210.60.
This close sat 36.02% 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 $1,225.30, making this a -1.38% move year on year.
Figures in this section are shown in USD, independent of the currency selected above.
Gold closed at $1,208.40 per troy ounce on 8 January 2015. That is $2.20 lower than the previous close of $1,210.60, a move of -0.18%.
The gold price fell on 8 January 2015, losing $2.20 (0.18%) against the previous session's close of $1,210.60.
At $1,208.40 per troy ounce, one gram of pure gold was worth about $38.85 on 8 January 2015. A troy ounce is 31.1034768 grams.
Scrap value follows purity, so on 8 January 2015 18k gold was worth about $29.14 per gram and 14k about $22.66 per gram, against $38.85 for pure 24k. These are melt values before any dealer margin.
The gold-to-silver ratio closed at about 73.9 on 8 January 2015, meaning one ounce of gold was worth roughly 73.9 ounces of silver.
A week before 8 January 2015, gold was around $1,183.90 per troy ounce, so the close of $1,208.40 is a gain of 2.1% over the week.
It closed 36.02% below the highest close on record up to that date, which was set on 2011-08-22.