Highest closing price since 1 May 2009
Gold closed at $953.70 per troy ounce on 1 July 2009, up $26.60 (2.87%) from the previous close of $927.10.
Metal value only, before dealer margins and fabrication.
Twelve months earlier gold traded around $913.90, making this a +4.35% move year on year.
Figures in this section are shown in USD, independent of the currency selected above.
Gold closed at $953.70 per troy ounce on 1 July 2009. That is $26.60 higher than the previous close of $927.10, a move of 2.87%.
The gold price rose on 1 July 2009, gaining $26.60 (2.87%) against the previous session's close of $927.10.
At $953.70 per troy ounce, one gram of pure gold was worth about $30.66 on 1 July 2009. A troy ounce is 31.1034768 grams.
Scrap value follows purity, so on 1 July 2009 18k gold was worth about $23.00 per gram and 14k about $17.89 per gram, against $30.66 for pure 24k. These are melt values before any dealer margin.
The gold-to-silver ratio closed at about 68.4 on 1 July 2009, meaning one ounce of gold was worth roughly 68.4 ounces of silver.
A week before 1 July 2009, gold was around $927.10 per troy ounce, so the close of $953.70 is a gain of 2.9% over the week.
A month before 1 July 2009, gold was around $927.10 per troy ounce, so the close of $953.70 is a gain of 2.9% over the month.
A year before 1 July 2009, gold was around $913.90 per troy ounce. The close of $953.70 therefore represents a rise of 4.4% over twelve months.