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Gold's highest closing price on record
Gold closed at $1,039.70 per troy ounce on 1 October 2009, up $31.70 (3.14%) from the previous close of $1,008.00.
Notable session: moved more than 3% in a session.
Metal value only, before dealer margins and fabrication.
Twelve months earlier gold traded around $716.80, making this a +45.05% move year on year.
Figures in this section are shown in USD, independent of the currency selected above.
Gold closed at $1,039.70 per troy ounce on 1 October 2009. That is $31.70 higher than the previous close of $1,008.00, a move of 3.14%.
The gold price rose on 1 October 2009, gaining $31.70 (3.14%) against the previous session's close of $1,008.00.
At $1,039.70 per troy ounce, one gram of pure gold was worth about $33.43 on 1 October 2009. A troy ounce is 31.1034768 grams.
Scrap value follows purity, so on 1 October 2009 18k gold was worth about $25.07 per gram and 14k about $19.50 per gram, against $33.43 for pure 24k. These are melt values before any dealer margin.
The gold-to-silver ratio closed at about 64.0 on 1 October 2009, meaning one ounce of gold was worth roughly 64.0 ounces of silver.
A week before 1 October 2009, gold was around $1,008.00 per troy ounce, so the close of $1,039.70 is a gain of 3.1% over the week.
A month before 1 October 2009, gold was around $1,008.00 per troy ounce, so the close of $1,039.70 is a gain of 3.1% over the month.
A year before 1 October 2009, gold was around $716.80 per troy ounce. The close of $1,039.70 therefore represents a rise of 45.0% over twelve months.