Gold price in January 2015: daily prices, high, low and change
Gold closed January 2015 at $1,278.50 an ounce, up 7.99% on the month. The highest close was $1,300.70 on 22 Jan and the lowest $1,186.00 on 2 Jan. Every trading day below, with ranks and context computed from COMEX data.
Gold price chart, January 2015 (daily close and high-low range, US$ per ounce)
Gold line = daily settlement; bars = intraday high to low where available; dashed line = December 2014 close ($1,183.90).
Daily gold prices in January 2015 (20 trading days)
| Date | Open | High | Low | Close | Change | % change |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Fri 2 Jan | $1,184.00 | $1,194.50 | $1,169.50 | $1,186.00 | +$2.10 | +0.18% |
| Mon 5 Jan | $1,180.30 | $1,206.90 | $1,180.10 | $1,203.90 | +$17.90 | +1.51% |
| Tue 6 Jan | $1,203.50 | $1,220.00 | $1,203.50 | $1,219.30 | +$15.40 | +1.28% |
| Wed 7 Jan | $1,219.20 | $1,219.20 | $1,210.60 | $1,210.60 | −$8.70 | −0.71% |
| Thu 8 Jan | $1,207.00 | $1,215.70 | $1,206.30 | $1,208.40 | −$2.20 | −0.18% |
| Fri 9 Jan | $1,211.10 | $1,220.20 | $1,210.30 | $1,216.00 | +$7.60 | +0.63% |
| Mon 12 Jan | $1,224.20 | $1,234.40 | $1,219.10 | $1,232.70 | +$16.70 | +1.37% |
| Tue 13 Jan | $1,239.20 | $1,239.30 | $1,230.30 | $1,234.30 | +$1.60 | +0.13% |
| Wed 14 Jan | $1,229.60 | $1,243.80 | $1,225.60 | $1,234.40 | +$0.10 | +0.01% |
| Thu 15 Jan best day | $1,231.50 | $1,265.00 | $1,227.30 | $1,264.70 | +$30.30 | +2.45% |
| Fri 16 Jan | $1,256.10 | $1,279.70 | $1,256.10 | $1,276.90 | +$12.20 | +0.96% |
| Tue 20 Jan | $1,278.90 | $1,297.30 | $1,273.80 | $1,294.20 | +$17.30 | +1.35% |
| Wed 21 Jan | $1,295.20 | $1,303.50 | $1,286.70 | $1,293.70 | −$0.50 | −0.04% |
| Thu 22 Jan | $1,293.20 | $1,302.10 | $1,283.50 | $1,300.70 | +$7.00 | +0.54% |
| Fri 23 Jan | $1,299.80 | $1,299.80 | $1,292.60 | $1,292.60 | −$8.10 | −0.62% |
| Mon 26 Jan | $1,289.50 | $1,290.60 | $1,279.40 | $1,279.40 | −$13.20 | −1.02% |
| Tue 27 Jan | $1,277.20 | $1,291.70 | $1,277.20 | $1,291.70 | +$12.30 | +0.96% |
| Wed 28 Jan | $1,285.90 | $1,286.80 | $1,285.90 | $1,285.90 | −$5.80 | −0.45% |
| Thu 29 Jan worst day | $1,283.30 | $1,285.40 | $1,251.00 | $1,254.60 | −$31.30 | −2.43% |
| Fri 30 Jan | $1,258.00 | $1,284.30 | $1,257.00 | $1,278.50 | +$23.90 | +1.90% |
Close = COMEX gold futures settlement in US dollars per troy ounce; change is against the previous trading day's close.
Monthly open, high, low and close
| January 2015 | Open | High | Low | Close | Change |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Settlements | $1,186.00 | $1,300.70 | $1,186.00 | $1,278.50 | +7.99% |
| Intraday | $1,184.00 | $1,303.50 21 Jan | $1,169.50 2 Jan | $1,278.50 | — |
Settlements: first, highest, lowest and last daily close of the month (the basis used on the 2015 page and the monthly returns heatmap). Intraday: the highest and lowest traded prices in the daily bars.
Source: COMEX gold futures (GC=F) daily settlements and intraday bars via Yahoo Finance; US CPI (FRED CPIAUCSL) for the inflation adjustment; World Bank Pink Sheet for the monthly London average. Figures are final settlements; sources may occasionally revise historical data.
Gold in January 2015: summary
Gold jumped 7.99% in January 2015, from $1,183.90 at the end of December 2014 to $1,278.50 an ounce. Settlement prices ranged from $1,186.00 on 2 January 2015 to $1,300.70 on 22 January 2015, a spread of $114.70 (9.7%), wider than the 5.1% average of the previous 12 months. Gold closed higher on 13 of 20 trading days and lower on 7; the strongest session was 15 January 2015 (+2.45%) and the weakest 29 January 2015 (−2.43%).
That was the biggest monthly gain since January 2012. It was gold's 3rd monthly gain in a row. The +2.45% move on 15 January 2015 was the largest one-day gain of 2015.
How January 2015 compares
- Against other Januaries: at +7.99%, January 2015 ranks 5th of 26 Januaries since 2001 (best first).
- Against every month: it ranks 23rd of 313 months since September 2000, better than 93% of them.
- Range: the gap between the highest and lowest close was $114.70, or 9.7% of the opening level, 1.9× the 5.1% average of the previous 12 months.
- Daily moves: the average day moved 0.94% (up or down), against 0.64% over the previous 12 months, so January 2015 was more volatile than usual.
- Streaks: the longest run of higher closes was 7 days and the longest run of lower closes 2 days.
- Bigger picture: at the month-end close gold was +3.10% over 12 months (against the January 2014 close of $1,240.10).
- Average price: the mean of the 20 daily closes was $1,252.92; the World Bank's monthly average of the London (LBMA) price was $1,251.00.
Across the other 25 completed Januaries since 2001, gold averaged +2.75% and rose in 16 of them (64%). January 2015 beat that average by 5.2 percentage points. The gold seasonality tool shows the same statistics for every calendar month, and the monthly returns heatmap lays out all Januaries side by side.
January 2015 in today's dollars
Adjusted for US consumer-price inflation, the $1,278.50 closing price equals about $1,832 in September 2026 dollars (CPI 234.7 in January 2015 against 336.3 in September 2026, FRED series CPIAUCSL), 43% more than the nominal figure. The gold price history hub restates every year's close on the same basis, and the all-time-high tracker lists every record close in nominal dollars.
Gold price by month in 2015
The gold price in 2015 page has the year's open, high, low and close, and the monthly archive on the gold price history hub explains how these month pages are built.
Frequently asked questions
What was the gold price in January 2015?
Gold closed January 2015 at $1,278.50 an ounce (COMEX settlement). It opened the month at $1,186.00 and averaged $1,252.92 across 20 trading days; the World Bank’s London average for the month was $1,251.00.
Did gold go up in January 2015?
Yes. Gold was up 7.99% in January 2015, from $1,183.90 at the end of December 2014 to $1,278.50. It closed higher on 13 of 20 days. Among Januaries since 2001 it ranks 5th of 26 (best first).
What was the highest gold price in January 2015?
The highest close was $1,300.70 on 22 January 2015. The highest intraday price in the daily bars was $1,303.50 on 21 January 2015.
What was the lowest gold price in January 2015?
The lowest close was $1,186.00 on 2 January 2015, $114.70 (9.7%) below the month’s highest close. The lowest intraday price was $1,169.50 on 2 January 2015.
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