Distance from the record
This close sat 1.25% below the highest gold close recorded up to that date, set on 2009-09-01.
This page is a historical record of the gold price in 10 September 2009, not the current price.See today's gold price (11 September 2026)
Gold closed at $995.40 per troy ounce on 10 September 2009, up $0.100 (0.01%) from the previous close of $995.30.
Gold barely moved, closing within 0.01% of the previous session. Flat days are the majority of any price series and are most useful as the baseline the notable days are measured against.
This close sat 1.25% below the highest gold close recorded up to that date, set on 2009-09-01.
Metal value only, before dealer margins and fabrication.
Twelve months earlier gold traded around $757.90, making this a +31.34% move year on year.
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Gold closed at $995.40 per troy ounce on 10 September 2009. That is $0.10 higher than the previous close of $995.30, a move of 0.01%.
The gold price rose on 10 September 2009, gaining $0.10 (0.01%) against the previous session's close of $995.30.
At $995.40 per troy ounce, one gram of pure gold was worth about $32.00 on 10 September 2009. A troy ounce is 31.1034768 grams.
Scrap value follows purity, so on 10 September 2009 18k gold was worth about $24.00 per gram and 14k about $18.67 per gram, against $32.00 for pure 24k. These are melt values before any dealer margin.
The gold-to-silver ratio closed at about 59.8 on 10 September 2009, meaning one ounce of gold was worth roughly 59.8 ounces of silver.
A month before 10 September 2009, gold was around $945.00 per troy ounce, so the close of $995.40 is a gain of 5.3% over the month.
A year before 10 September 2009, gold was around $757.90 per troy ounce. The close of $995.40 therefore represents a rise of 31.3% over twelve months.
It closed 1.25% below the highest close on record up to that date, which was set on 2009-09-01.