Highest so far that week
This was the strongest close of the week up to that point.
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This page is a historical record of the gold price in 10 August 2009, not the current price.See today's gold price (11 September 2026)
Lowest closing price since 30 July 2009
Gold closed at $945.00 per troy ounce on 10 August 2009, down $12.30 (1.28%) from the previous close of $957.30.
This close extended a run of 4 consecutive sessions of losses. Runs are more informative than any one day inside them: they show direction holding rather than a single session's noise.
This was the strongest close of the week up to that point.
This close sat 5.80% below the highest gold close recorded up to that date, set on 2008-03-18.
Metal value only, before dealer margins and fabrication.
Twelve months earlier gold traded around $857.80, making this a +10.17% move year on year.
Figures in this section are shown in USD, independent of the currency selected above.
Gold closed at $945.00 per troy ounce on 10 August 2009. That is $12.30 lower than the previous close of $957.30, a move of -1.28%.
The gold price fell on 10 August 2009, losing $12.30 (1.28%) against the previous session's close of $957.30.
At $945.00 per troy ounce, one gram of pure gold was worth about $30.38 on 10 August 2009. A troy ounce is 31.1034768 grams.
Scrap value follows purity, so on 10 August 2009 18k gold was worth about $22.79 per gram and 14k about $17.72 per gram, against $30.38 for pure 24k. These are melt values before any dealer margin.
The gold-to-silver ratio closed at about 65.9 on 10 August 2009, meaning one ounce of gold was worth roughly 65.9 ounces of silver.
This close was session 4 of a consecutive run of losses. A run is counted by closes, so an intraday reversal that still closed in the same direction does not break it.
It closed 5.80% below the highest close on record up to that date, which was set on 2008-03-18.