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Lowest closing price since 1 December 2008
Gold closed at $890.70 per troy ounce on 1 April 2009, down $36.60 (3.95%) from the previous close of $927.30.
Notable session: lowest close of the year; moved more than 3% in a session.
Metal value only, before dealer margins and fabrication.
Twelve months earlier gold traded around $862.80, making this a +3.23% move year on year.
Figures in this section are shown in USD, independent of the currency selected above.
Gold closed at $890.70 per troy ounce on 1 April 2009. That is $36.60 lower than the previous close of $927.30, a move of -3.95%.
The gold price fell on 1 April 2009, losing $36.60 (3.95%) against the previous session's close of $927.30.
At $890.70 per troy ounce, one gram of pure gold was worth about $28.64 on 1 April 2009. A troy ounce is 31.1034768 grams.
Scrap value follows purity, so on 1 April 2009 18k gold was worth about $21.48 per gram and 14k about $16.70 per gram, against $28.64 for pure 24k. These are melt values before any dealer margin.
The gold-to-silver ratio closed at about 72.4 on 1 April 2009, meaning one ounce of gold was worth roughly 72.4 ounces of silver.
A week before 1 April 2009, gold was around $927.30 per troy ounce, so the close of $890.70 is a loss of 3.9% over the week.
A month before 1 April 2009, gold was around $927.30 per troy ounce, so the close of $890.70 is a loss of 3.9% over the month.
A year before 1 April 2009, gold was around $862.80 per troy ounce. The close of $890.70 therefore represents a rise of 3.2% over twelve months.