Distance from the record
This close sat 9.07% below the highest gold close recorded up to that date, set on 2008-03-18.
This page is a historical record of the gold price in 10 July 2009, not the current price.See today's gold price (11 September 2026)
Gold closed at $912.20 per troy ounce on 10 July 2009, down $3.700 (0.40%) from the previous close of $915.90.
This close sat 9.07% 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 $940.90, making this a -3.05% move year on year.
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Gold closed at $912.20 per troy ounce on 10 July 2009. That is $3.70 lower than the previous close of $915.90, a move of -0.40%.
The gold price fell on 10 July 2009, losing $3.70 (0.40%) against the previous session's close of $915.90.
At $912.20 per troy ounce, one gram of pure gold was worth about $29.33 on 10 July 2009. A troy ounce is 31.1034768 grams.
Scrap value follows purity, so on 10 July 2009 18k gold was worth about $22.00 per gram and 14k about $17.11 per gram, against $29.33 for pure 24k. These are melt values before any dealer margin.
The gold-to-silver ratio closed at about 72.2 on 10 July 2009, meaning one ounce of gold was worth roughly 72.2 ounces of silver.
It closed 9.07% below the highest close on record up to that date, which was set on 2008-03-18.