Distance from the record
This close sat 39.39% 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 October 2015, not the current price.See today's gold price (11 September 2026)
Gold closed at $1,144.70 per troy ounce on 8 October 2015, down $4.300 (0.37%) from the previous close of $1,149.00.
This close sat 39.39% 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 $1,205.30, making this a -5.03% move year on year.
Figures in this section are shown in USD, independent of the currency selected above.
Gold closed at $1,144.70 per troy ounce on 8 October 2015. That is $4.30 lower than the previous close of $1,149.00, a move of -0.37%.
The gold price fell on 8 October 2015, losing $4.30 (0.37%) against the previous session's close of $1,149.00.
At $1,144.70 per troy ounce, one gram of pure gold was worth about $36.80 on 8 October 2015. A troy ounce is 31.1034768 grams.
Scrap value follows purity, so on 8 October 2015 18k gold was worth about $27.60 per gram and 14k about $21.47 per gram, against $36.80 for pure 24k. These are melt values before any dealer margin.
The gold-to-silver ratio closed at about 72.6 on 8 October 2015, meaning one ounce of gold was worth roughly 72.6 ounces of silver.
It closed 39.39% below the highest close on record up to that date, which was set on 2011-08-22.