Distance from the record
This close sat 36.80% 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 9 April 2015, not the current price.See today's gold price (11 September 2026)
Gold closed at $1,193.60 per troy ounce on 9 April 2015, down $9.500 (0.79%) from the previous close of $1,203.10.
This close extended a run of 3 consecutive sessions of losses. Runs are more informative than any one day inside them: they show direction holding rather than a single session's noise.
This close sat 36.80% 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 $1,305.50, making this a -8.57% move year on year.
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Gold closed at $1,193.60 per troy ounce on 9 April 2015. That is $9.50 lower than the previous close of $1,203.10, a move of -0.79%.
The gold price fell on 9 April 2015, losing $9.50 (0.79%) against the previous session's close of $1,203.10.
At $1,193.60 per troy ounce, one gram of pure gold was worth about $38.38 on 9 April 2015. A troy ounce is 31.1034768 grams.
Scrap value follows purity, so on 9 April 2015 18k gold was worth about $28.78 per gram and 14k about $22.39 per gram, against $38.38 for pure 24k. These are melt values before any dealer margin.
The gold-to-silver ratio closed at about 73.8 on 9 April 2015, meaning one ounce of gold was worth roughly 73.8 ounces of silver.
This close was session 3 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 36.80% below the highest close on record up to that date, which was set on 2011-08-22.