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Gold price in October 2015: daily prices, high, low and change

Gold closed October 2015 at $1,141.50 an ounce, up 2.33% on the month. The highest close was $1,187.90 on 15 Oct and the lowest $1,114.20 on 1 Oct. Every trading day below, with ranks and context computed from COMEX data.

Month close$1,141.5030 October 2015
Monthly change+2.3%vs $1,115.50 at the end of September 2015
Highest close$1,187.9015 October 2015
Lowest close$1,114.201 October 2015

Gold price chart, October 2015 (daily close and high-low range, US$ per ounce)

$1,100$1,120$1,140$1,160$1,1801691419222730high close $1,187.90low close $1,114.20
$1,100$1,125$1,150$1,175171319232930$1,187.90$1,114.20

Gold line = daily settlement; bars = intraday high to low where available; dashed line = September 2015 close ($1,115.50).

Daily gold prices in October 2015 (22 trading days)

Daily gold prices, October 2015
DateOpenHighLowCloseChange% change
Thu 1 Oct$1,115.20$1,119.00$1,113.30$1,114.20−$1.30−0.12%
Fri 2 Oct best day$1,112.20$1,141.20$1,105.80$1,137.10+$22.90+2.06%
Mon 5 Oct$1,137.10$1,141.70$1,132.50$1,138.10+$1.00+0.09%
Tue 6 Oct$1,136.30$1,150.00$1,136.30$1,146.80+$8.70+0.76%
Wed 7 Oct$1,147.60$1,152.90$1,143.00$1,149.00+$2.20+0.19%
Thu 8 Oct$1,142.70$1,146.70$1,138.70$1,144.70−$4.30−0.37%
Fri 9 Oct$1,151.60$1,157.20$1,151.60$1,156.30+$11.60+1.01%
Mon 12 Oct$1,155.90$1,166.80$1,155.90$1,164.90+$8.60+0.74%
Tue 13 Oct$1,163.50$1,166.20$1,154.90$1,165.80+$0.90+0.08%
Wed 14 Oct$1,172.40$1,189.00$1,167.30$1,180.10+$14.30+1.23%
Thu 15 Oct$1,184.20$1,188.30$1,177.80$1,187.90+$7.80+0.66%
Fri 16 Oct$1,182.50$1,184.10$1,176.20$1,183.60−$4.30−0.36%
Mon 19 Oct$1,176.50$1,177.80$1,169.30$1,173.30−$10.30−0.87%
Tue 20 Oct$1,168.70$1,179.10$1,168.70$1,178.00+$4.70+0.40%
Wed 21 Oct$1,175.90$1,176.40$1,164.90$1,167.60−$10.40−0.88%
Thu 22 Oct$1,166.20$1,168.60$1,163.50$1,166.60−$1.00−0.09%
Fri 23 Oct$1,166.20$1,178.70$1,163.30$1,163.30−$3.30−0.28%
Mon 26 Oct$1,165.10$1,170.00$1,163.80$1,167.00+$3.70+0.32%
Tue 27 Oct$1,164.50$1,166.80$1,162.00$1,166.80−$0.20−0.02%
Wed 28 Oct$1,175.10$1,182.70$1,175.10$1,177.10+$10.30+0.88%
Thu 29 Oct worst day$1,158.00$1,162.00$1,144.90$1,147.20−$29.90−2.54%
Fri 30 Oct$1,147.50$1,147.60$1,139.20$1,141.50−$5.70−0.50%

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

October 2015OpenHighLowCloseChange
Settlements$1,114.20$1,187.90$1,114.20$1,141.50+2.33%
Intraday$1,115.20$1,189.00 14 Oct$1,105.80 2 Oct$1,141.50—

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 October 2015: summary

Gold gained 2.33% in October 2015, finishing at $1,141.50 an ounce against $1,115.50 at the end of September 2015. Gold closed higher on 12 of 22 trading days and lower on 10; the strongest session was 2 October 2015 (+2.06%) and the weakest 29 October 2015 (−2.54%). Settlement prices ranged from $1,114.20 on 1 October 2015 to $1,187.90 on 15 October 2015, a spread of $73.70 (6.6%), wider than the 5.6% average of the previous 12 months.

How October 2015 compares

  • Against other Octobers: at +2.33%, October 2015 ranks 10th of 26 Octobers since 2000 (best first).
  • Against every month: it ranks 120th of 313 months since September 2000, better than 62% of them.
  • Range: the gap between the highest and lowest close was $73.70, or 6.6% of the opening level, 1.2× the 5.6% average of the previous 12 months.
  • Daily moves: the average day moved 0.66% (up or down), against 0.73% over the previous 12 months, so October 2015 was about as volatile as usual.
  • Streaks: the longest run of higher closes was 5 days and the longest run of lower closes 3 days.
  • Bigger picture: at the month-end close gold was −3.58% for 2015 to the end of October and −2.53% over 12 months (against the October 2014 close of $1,171.10).
  • Average price: the mean of the 22 daily closes was $1,159.86; the World Bank's monthly average of the London (LBMA) price was $1,159.00.

Across the other 25 completed Octobers since 2000, gold averaged +0.04% and rose in 12 of them (48%). October 2015 beat that average by 2.3 percentage points. The gold seasonality tool shows the same statistics for every calendar month, and the monthly returns heatmap lays out all Octobers side by side.

October 2015 in today's dollars

Adjusted for US consumer-price inflation, the $1,141.50 closing price equals about $1,615 in September 2026 dollars (CPI 237.7 in October 2015 against 336.3 in September 2026, FRED series CPIAUCSL), 41% 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 October 2015?

Gold closed October 2015 at $1,141.50 an ounce (COMEX settlement). It opened the month at $1,114.20 and averaged $1,159.86 across 22 trading days; the World Bank’s London average for the month was $1,159.00.

Did gold go up in October 2015?

Yes. Gold was up 2.33% in October 2015, from $1,115.50 at the end of September 2015 to $1,141.50. It closed higher on 12 of 22 days. Among Octobers since 2000 it ranks 10th of 26 (best first).

What was the highest gold price in October 2015?

The highest close was $1,187.90 on 15 October 2015. The highest intraday price in the daily bars was $1,189.00 on 14 October 2015.

What was the lowest gold price in October 2015?

The lowest close was $1,114.20 on 1 October 2015, $73.70 (6.6%) below the month’s highest close. The lowest intraday price was $1,105.80 on 2 October 2015.

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