Highest so far that week
This was the strongest close of the week up to that point.
This page is a historical record of the gold price in 8 September 2014, not the current price.See today's gold price (11 September 2026)
Gold closed at $1,252.70 per troy ounce on 8 September 2014, down $13.10 (1.03%) from the previous close of $1,265.80.
Gold moved the opposite way to the session before it. Single-day reversals are common and usually mean little on their own — what matters is whether the next few sessions follow.
This was the strongest close of the week up to that point.
This close sat 33.67% 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 $1,386.70, making this a -9.66% move year on year.
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Gold closed at $1,252.70 per troy ounce on 8 September 2014. That is $13.10 lower than the previous close of $1,265.80, a move of -1.03%.
The gold price fell on 8 September 2014, losing $13.10 (1.03%) against the previous session's close of $1,265.80.
At $1,252.70 per troy ounce, one gram of pure gold was worth about $40.28 on 8 September 2014. A troy ounce is 31.1034768 grams.
Scrap value follows purity, so on 8 September 2014 18k gold was worth about $30.21 per gram and 14k about $23.49 per gram, against $40.28 for pure 24k. These are melt values before any dealer margin.
The gold-to-silver ratio closed at about 66.3 on 8 September 2014, meaning one ounce of gold was worth roughly 66.3 ounces of silver.
A week before 8 September 2014, gold was around $1,210.50 per troy ounce, so the close of $1,252.70 is a gain of 3.5% over the week.
It closed 33.67% below the highest close on record up to that date, which was set on 2011-08-22.