Gold price in April 2015: daily prices, high, low and change
Gold closed April 2015 at $1,182.40 an ounce, down 0.06% on the month. The highest close was $1,218.60 on 6 Apr and the lowest $1,175.20 on 24 Apr. Every trading day below, with ranks and context computed from COMEX data.
Gold price chart, April 2015 (daily close and high-low range, US$ per ounce)
Gold line = daily settlement; bars = intraday high to low where available; dashed line = March 2015 close ($1,183.10).
Daily gold prices in April 2015 (21 trading days)
| Date | Open | High | Low | Close | Change | % change |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Wed 1 Apr | $1,182.90 | $1,208.20 | $1,181.00 | $1,208.10 | +$25.00 | +2.11% |
| Thu 2 Apr | $1,204.00 | $1,205.70 | $1,194.80 | $1,200.90 | −$7.20 | −0.60% |
| Mon 6 Apr | $1,209.90 | $1,224.20 | $1,209.90 | $1,218.60 | +$17.70 | +1.47% |
| Tue 7 Apr | $1,214.80 | $1,214.80 | $1,208.20 | $1,210.60 | −$8.00 | −0.66% |
| Wed 8 Apr | $1,208.90 | $1,211.40 | $1,197.60 | $1,203.10 | −$7.50 | −0.62% |
| Thu 9 Apr | $1,201.70 | $1,202.50 | $1,193.00 | $1,193.60 | −$9.50 | −0.79% |
| Fri 10 Apr | $1,195.80 | $1,209.60 | $1,195.80 | $1,204.60 | +$11.00 | +0.92% |
| Mon 13 Apr | $1,208.10 | $1,208.10 | $1,198.30 | $1,199.30 | −$5.30 | −0.44% |
| Tue 14 Apr | $1,198.80 | $1,200.60 | $1,184.10 | $1,192.80 | −$6.50 | −0.54% |
| Wed 15 Apr | $1,194.60 | $1,203.10 | $1,188.60 | $1,201.50 | +$8.70 | +0.73% |
| Thu 16 Apr | $1,204.30 | $1,208.50 | $1,194.60 | $1,198.00 | −$3.50 | −0.29% |
| Fri 17 Apr | $1,200.20 | $1,206.00 | $1,200.20 | $1,202.90 | +$4.90 | +0.41% |
| Mon 20 Apr | $1,205.70 | $1,206.90 | $1,191.00 | $1,193.50 | −$9.40 | −0.78% |
| Tue 21 Apr | $1,193.20 | $1,202.90 | $1,192.80 | $1,202.90 | +$9.40 | +0.79% |
| Wed 22 Apr | $1,199.10 | $1,202.60 | $1,185.20 | $1,186.90 | −$16.00 | −1.33% |
| Thu 23 Apr | $1,187.20 | $1,197.00 | $1,186.10 | $1,194.40 | +$7.50 | +0.63% |
| Fri 24 Apr | $1,192.30 | $1,194.70 | $1,174.60 | $1,175.20 | −$19.20 | −1.61% |
| Mon 27 Apr best day | $1,182.30 | $1,206.70 | $1,181.40 | $1,203.30 | +$28.10 | +2.39% |
| Tue 28 Apr | $1,199.70 | $1,214.00 | $1,199.70 | $1,214.00 | +$10.70 | +0.89% |
| Wed 29 Apr | $1,211.20 | $1,212.60 | $1,201.90 | $1,209.80 | −$4.20 | −0.35% |
| Thu 30 Apr worst day | $1,203.10 | $1,205.90 | $1,176.70 | $1,182.40 | −$27.40 | −2.26% |
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
| April 2015 | Open | High | Low | Close | Change |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Settlements | $1,208.10 | $1,218.60 | $1,175.20 | $1,182.40 | −0.06% |
| Intraday | $1,182.90 | $1,224.20 6 Apr | $1,174.60 24 Apr | $1,182.40 | — |
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 April 2015: summary
Gold was almost unchanged 0.06% in April 2015, settling the month at $1,182.40 an ounce against $1,183.10 at the end of March 2015. Gold closed higher on 9 of 21 trading days and lower on 12; the strongest session was 27 April 2015 (+2.39%) and the weakest 30 April 2015 (−2.26%). Settlement prices ranged from $1,175.20 on 24 April 2015 to $1,218.60 on 6 April 2015, a spread of $43.40 (3.7%), narrower than the 5.3% average of the previous 12 months.
It was gold's 3rd monthly loss in a row.
How April 2015 compares
- Against other Aprils: at −0.06%, April 2015 ranks 17th of 26 Aprils since 2001 (best first).
- Against every month: it ranks 177th of 313 months since September 2000, better than 44% of them.
- Range: the gap between the highest and lowest close was $43.40, or 3.7% of the opening level, 0.7× the 5.3% average of the previous 12 months.
- Daily moves: the average day moved 0.98% (up or down), against 0.64% over the previous 12 months, so April 2015 was more volatile than usual.
- Streaks: the longest run of higher closes was 2 days and the longest run of lower closes 3 days.
- Bigger picture: at the month-end close gold was −0.13% for 2015 to the end of April and −8.74% over 12 months (against the April 2014 close of $1,295.60).
- Average price: the mean of the 21 daily closes was $1,199.83; the World Bank's monthly average of the London (LBMA) price was $1,199.00.
Across the other 25 completed Aprils since 2001, gold averaged +1.34% and rose in 16 of them (64%). April 2015 lagged that average by 1.4 percentage points. The gold seasonality tool shows the same statistics for every calendar month, and the monthly returns heatmap lays out all Aprils side by side.
April 2015 in today's dollars
Adjusted for US consumer-price inflation, the $1,182.40 closing price equals about $1,683 in September 2026 dollars (CPI 236.2 in April 2015 against 336.3 in September 2026, FRED series CPIAUCSL), 42% 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 April 2015?
Gold closed April 2015 at $1,182.40 an ounce (COMEX settlement). It opened the month at $1,208.10 and averaged $1,199.83 across 21 trading days; the World Bank’s London average for the month was $1,199.00.
Did gold go up in April 2015?
No. Gold was down 0.06% in April 2015, from $1,183.10 at the end of March 2015 to $1,182.40. It closed higher on 9 of 21 days. Among Aprils since 2001 it ranks 17th of 26 (best first).
What was the highest gold price in April 2015?
The highest close was $1,218.60 on 6 April 2015. The highest intraday price in the daily bars was $1,224.20 on 6 April 2015.
What was the lowest gold price in April 2015?
The lowest close was $1,175.20 on 24 April 2015, $43.40 (3.7%) below the month’s highest close. The lowest intraday price was $1,174.60 on 24 April 2015.
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