Gold price in February 2015: daily prices, high, low and change
Gold closed February 2015 at $1,212.60 an ounce, down 5.15% on the month. The highest close was $1,276.20 on 2 Feb and the lowest $1,196.90 on 24 Feb. Every trading day below, with ranks and context computed from COMEX data.
Gold price chart, February 2015 (daily close and high-low range, US$ per ounce)
Gold line = daily settlement; bars = intraday high to low where available; dashed line = January 2015 close ($1,278.50).
Daily gold prices in February 2015 (19 trading days)
| Date | Open | High | Low | Close | Change | % change |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Mon 2 Feb | $1,284.10 | $1,284.10 | $1,266.00 | $1,276.20 | −$2.30 | −0.18% |
| Tue 3 Feb | $1,273.50 | $1,284.70 | $1,255.30 | $1,259.70 | −$16.50 | −1.29% |
| Wed 4 Feb | $1,262.00 | $1,271.60 | $1,256.80 | $1,263.80 | +$4.10 | +0.33% |
| Thu 5 Feb | $1,271.80 | $1,272.60 | $1,257.80 | $1,262.00 | −$1.80 | −0.14% |
| Fri 6 Feb worst day | $1,265.00 | $1,267.60 | $1,228.00 | $1,233.90 | −$28.10 | −2.23% |
| Mon 9 Feb | $1,237.50 | $1,242.30 | $1,235.40 | $1,240.80 | +$6.90 | +0.56% |
| Tue 10 Feb | $1,237.50 | $1,245.00 | $1,231.20 | $1,231.60 | −$9.20 | −0.74% |
| Wed 11 Feb | $1,233.30 | $1,237.40 | $1,219.00 | $1,219.00 | −$12.60 | −1.02% |
| Thu 12 Feb | $1,217.90 | $1,229.80 | $1,217.90 | $1,220.10 | +$1.10 | +0.09% |
| Fri 13 Feb | $1,222.20 | $1,232.80 | $1,222.20 | $1,226.50 | +$6.40 | +0.52% |
| Tue 17 Feb | $1,227.70 | $1,234.00 | $1,203.00 | $1,208.10 | −$18.40 | −1.50% |
| Wed 18 Feb | $1,207.10 | $1,210.20 | $1,197.80 | $1,199.70 | −$8.40 | −0.70% |
| Thu 19 Feb | $1,216.50 | $1,220.00 | $1,205.00 | $1,207.10 | +$7.40 | +0.62% |
| Fri 20 Feb | $1,206.50 | $1,213.10 | $1,199.10 | $1,204.40 | −$2.70 | −0.22% |
| Mon 23 Feb | $1,201.30 | $1,203.30 | $1,191.60 | $1,200.30 | −$4.10 | −0.34% |
| Tue 24 Feb | $1,203.40 | $1,203.50 | $1,193.80 | $1,196.90 | −$3.40 | −0.28% |
| Wed 25 Feb | $1,204.30 | $1,204.60 | $1,201.00 | $1,201.00 | +$4.10 | +0.34% |
| Thu 26 Feb best day | $1,204.80 | $1,219.00 | $1,204.80 | $1,209.60 | +$8.60 | +0.72% |
| Fri 27 Feb | $1,207.70 | $1,217.80 | $1,204.50 | $1,212.60 | +$3.00 | +0.25% |
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
| February 2015 | Open | High | Low | Close | Change |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Settlements | $1,276.20 | $1,276.20 | $1,196.90 | $1,212.60 | −5.15% |
| Intraday | $1,284.10 | $1,284.70 3 Feb | $1,191.60 23 Feb | $1,212.60 | — |
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 February 2015: summary
Gold declined 5.15% in February 2015, finishing at $1,212.60 an ounce against $1,278.50 at the end of January 2015. Gold closed higher on 8 of 19 trading days and lower on 11; the strongest session was 26 February 2015 (+0.72%) and the weakest 6 February 2015 (−2.23%). Settlement prices ranged from $1,196.90 on 24 February 2015 to $1,276.20 on 2 February 2015, a spread of $79.30 (6.2%), wider than the 5.6% average of the previous 12 months.
On the monthly change, February 2015 was the 2nd-worst February of the 26 since 2001. It ended a run of 3 straight monthly gains.
How February 2015 compares
- Against other Februaries: at −5.15%, February 2015 ranks 25th of 26 Februaries since 2001 (best first).
- Against every month: it ranks 287th of 313 months since September 2000, better than 8% of them.
- Range: the gap between the highest and lowest close was $79.30, or 6.2% of the opening level, 1.1× the 5.6% average of the previous 12 months.
- Daily moves: the average day moved 0.64% (up or down), against 0.65% over the previous 12 months, so February 2015 was about as volatile as usual.
- Streaks: the longest run of higher closes was 3 days and the longest run of lower closes 3 days.
- Bigger picture: at the month-end close gold was +2.42% for 2015 to the end of February and −8.23% over 12 months (against the February 2014 close of $1,321.40).
- Average price: the mean of the 19 daily closes was $1,224.91; the World Bank's monthly average of the London (LBMA) price was $1,227.00.
Across the other 25 completed Februaries since 2001, gold averaged +1.48% and rose in 15 of them (60%). February 2015 lagged that average by 6.6 percentage points. The gold seasonality tool shows the same statistics for every calendar month, and the monthly returns heatmap lays out all Februaries side by side.
February 2015 in today's dollars
Adjusted for US consumer-price inflation, the $1,212.60 closing price equals about $1,733 in September 2026 dollars (CPI 235.3 in February 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 February 2015?
Gold closed February 2015 at $1,212.60 an ounce (COMEX settlement). It opened the month at $1,276.20 and averaged $1,224.91 across 19 trading days; the World Bank’s London average for the month was $1,227.00.
Did gold go up in February 2015?
No. Gold was down 5.15% in February 2015, from $1,278.50 at the end of January 2015 to $1,212.60. It closed higher on 8 of 19 days. Among Februaries since 2001 it ranks 25th of 26 (best first).
What was the highest gold price in February 2015?
The highest close was $1,276.20 on 2 February 2015. The highest intraday price in the daily bars was $1,284.70 on 3 February 2015.
What was the lowest gold price in February 2015?
The lowest close was $1,196.90 on 24 February 2015, $79.30 (6.2%) below the month’s highest close. The lowest intraday price was $1,191.60 on 23 February 2015.
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