Distance from the record
This close sat 9.25% below the highest gold close recorded up to that date, set on 2008-03-18.
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This page is a historical record of the gold price in 11 March 2009, not the current price.See today's gold price (11 September 2026)
Gold closed at $910.40 per troy ounce on 11 March 2009, up $14.80 (1.65%) from the previous close of $895.60.
Gold moved the opposite way to the session before it. Single-day reversals are common and usually mean little on their own — what matters is whether the next few sessions follow.
This close sat 9.25% 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 $974.20, making this a -6.55% move year on year.
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Gold closed at $910.40 per troy ounce on 11 March 2009. That is $14.80 higher than the previous close of $895.60, a move of 1.65%.
The gold price rose on 11 March 2009, gaining $14.80 (1.65%) against the previous session's close of $895.60.
At $910.40 per troy ounce, one gram of pure gold was worth about $29.27 on 11 March 2009. A troy ounce is 31.1034768 grams.
Scrap value follows purity, so on 11 March 2009 18k gold was worth about $21.95 per gram and 14k about $17.07 per gram, against $29.27 for pure 24k. These are melt values before any dealer margin.
The gold-to-silver ratio closed at about 71.0 on 11 March 2009, meaning one ounce of gold was worth roughly 71.0 ounces of silver.
It closed 9.25% below the highest close on record up to that date, which was set on 2008-03-18.