Gold price in March 2015: daily prices, high, low and change
Gold closed March 2015 at $1,183.10 an ounce, down 2.43% on the month. The highest close was $1,207.70 on 2 Mar and the lowest $1,148.30 on 17 Mar. Every trading day below, with ranks and context computed from COMEX data.
Gold price chart, March 2015 (daily close and high-low range, US$ per ounce)
Gold line = daily settlement; bars = intraday high to low where available; dashed line = February 2015 close ($1,212.60).
Daily gold prices in March 2015 (22 trading days)
| Date | Open | High | Low | Close | Change | % change |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Mon 2 Mar | $1,214.30 | $1,222.70 | $1,204.90 | $1,207.70 | −$4.90 | −0.40% |
| Tue 3 Mar | $1,201.50 | $1,212.00 | $1,195.00 | $1,204.00 | −$3.70 | −0.31% |
| Wed 4 Mar | $1,204.80 | $1,206.90 | $1,198.00 | $1,200.60 | −$3.40 | −0.28% |
| Thu 5 Mar | $1,201.70 | $1,205.40 | $1,195.90 | $1,195.90 | −$4.70 | −0.39% |
| Fri 6 Mar worst day | $1,195.00 | $1,195.70 | $1,163.70 | $1,164.10 | −$31.80 | −2.66% |
| Mon 9 Mar | $1,169.40 | $1,174.20 | $1,166.30 | $1,166.40 | +$2.30 | +0.20% |
| Tue 10 Mar | $1,166.40 | $1,168.40 | $1,156.50 | $1,160.10 | −$6.30 | −0.54% |
| Wed 11 Mar | $1,162.00 | $1,162.00 | $1,147.70 | $1,150.70 | −$9.40 | −0.81% |
| Thu 12 Mar | $1,155.40 | $1,160.50 | $1,149.70 | $1,152.10 | +$1.40 | +0.12% |
| Fri 13 Mar | $1,158.20 | $1,159.20 | $1,152.60 | $1,152.60 | +$0.50 | +0.04% |
| Mon 16 Mar | $1,159.70 | $1,162.30 | $1,150.10 | $1,153.30 | +$0.70 | +0.06% |
| Tue 17 Mar | $1,153.60 | $1,158.20 | $1,144.30 | $1,148.30 | −$5.00 | −0.43% |
| Wed 18 Mar | $1,148.70 | $1,174.30 | $1,147.00 | $1,151.40 | +$3.10 | +0.27% |
| Thu 19 Mar best day | $1,171.60 | $1,171.60 | $1,159.30 | $1,169.10 | +$17.70 | +1.54% |
| Fri 20 Mar | $1,171.00 | $1,185.40 | $1,171.00 | $1,184.80 | +$15.70 | +1.34% |
| Mon 23 Mar | $1,181.60 | $1,188.00 | $1,181.20 | $1,188.00 | +$3.20 | +0.27% |
| Tue 24 Mar | $1,188.00 | $1,193.00 | $1,186.00 | $1,191.70 | +$3.70 | +0.31% |
| Wed 25 Mar | $1,192.50 | $1,199.20 | $1,192.50 | $1,197.30 | +$5.60 | +0.47% |
| Thu 26 Mar | $1,198.20 | $1,213.70 | $1,198.20 | $1,205.10 | +$7.80 | +0.65% |
| Fri 27 Mar | $1,197.00 | $1,199.80 | $1,196.30 | $1,199.80 | −$5.30 | −0.44% |
| Mon 30 Mar | $1,198.00 | $1,198.50 | $1,181.60 | $1,184.80 | −$15.00 | −1.25% |
| Tue 31 Mar | $1,185.80 | $1,190.10 | $1,178.20 | $1,183.10 | −$1.70 | −0.14% |
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
| March 2015 | Open | High | Low | Close | Change |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Settlements | $1,207.70 | $1,207.70 | $1,148.30 | $1,183.10 | −2.43% |
| Intraday | $1,214.30 | $1,222.70 2 Mar | $1,144.30 17 Mar | $1,183.10 | — |
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 March 2015: summary
Gold fell 2.43% in March 2015, settling the month at $1,183.10 an ounce against $1,212.60 at the end of February 2015. Gold closed higher on 11 of 22 trading days and lower on 11; the strongest session was 19 March 2015 (+1.54%) and the weakest 6 March 2015 (−2.66%). Settlement prices ranged from $1,148.30 on 17 March 2015 to $1,207.70 on 2 March 2015, a spread of $59.40 (4.9%), narrower than the 5.5% average of the previous 12 months.
The −2.66% move on 6 March 2015 was the largest one-day fall of 2015.
How March 2015 compares
- Against other Marches: at −2.43%, March 2015 ranks 21st of 26 Marches since 2001 (best first).
- Against every month: it ranks 245th of 313 months since September 2000, better than 22% of them.
- Range: the gap between the highest and lowest close was $59.40, or 4.9% of the opening level, 0.9× the 5.5% average of the previous 12 months.
- Daily moves: the average day moved 0.59% (up or down), against 0.65% over the previous 12 months, so March 2015 was about as volatile as usual.
- Streaks: the longest run of higher closes was 7 days and the longest run of lower closes 5 days.
- Bigger picture: at the month-end close gold was −0.07% for 2015 to the end of March and −7.82% over 12 months (against the March 2014 close of $1,283.40).
- Average price: the mean of the 22 daily closes was $1,177.77; the World Bank's monthly average of the London (LBMA) price was $1,179.00.
Across the other 25 completed Marches since 2001, gold averaged +0.31% and rose in 12 of them (48%). March 2015 lagged that average by 2.7 percentage points. The gold seasonality tool shows the same statistics for every calendar month, and the monthly returns heatmap lays out all Marches side by side.
March 2015 in today's dollars
Adjusted for US consumer-price inflation, the $1,183.10 closing price equals about $1,686 in September 2026 dollars (CPI 236.0 in March 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 March 2015?
Gold closed March 2015 at $1,183.10 an ounce (COMEX settlement). It opened the month at $1,207.70 and averaged $1,177.77 across 22 trading days; the World Bank’s London average for the month was $1,179.00.
Did gold go up in March 2015?
No. Gold was down 2.43% in March 2015, from $1,212.60 at the end of February 2015 to $1,183.10. It closed higher on 11 of 22 days. Among Marches since 2001 it ranks 21st of 26 (best first).
What was the highest gold price in March 2015?
The highest close was $1,207.70 on 2 March 2015. The highest intraday price in the daily bars was $1,222.70 on 2 March 2015.
What was the lowest gold price in March 2015?
The lowest close was $1,148.30 on 17 March 2015, $59.40 (4.9%) below the month’s highest close. The lowest intraday price was $1,144.30 on 17 March 2015.
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