Distance from the record
This close sat 19.44% 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 14 January 2009, not the current price.See today's gold price (11 September 2026)
Lowest closing price since 10 December 2008
Gold closed at $808.20 per troy ounce on 14 January 2009, down $11.90 (1.45%) from the previous close of $820.10.
This close extended a run of 3 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 close sat 19.44% below the highest gold close recorded up to that date, set on 2008-03-18.
One of the ten lowest gold closes of that year, ranking 249 of 250 sessions.
Metal value only, before dealer margins and fabrication.
Twelve months earlier gold traded around $901.60, making this a -10.36% move year on year.
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Gold closed at $808.20 per troy ounce on 14 January 2009. That is $11.90 lower than the previous close of $820.10, a move of -1.45%.
The gold price fell on 14 January 2009, losing $11.90 (1.45%) against the previous session's close of $820.10.
At $808.20 per troy ounce, one gram of pure gold was worth about $25.98 on 14 January 2009. A troy ounce is 31.1034768 grams.
Scrap value follows purity, so on 14 January 2009 18k gold was worth about $19.49 per gram and 14k about $15.16 per gram, against $25.98 for pure 24k. These are melt values before any dealer margin.
The gold-to-silver ratio closed at about 77.3 on 14 January 2009, meaning one ounce of gold was worth roughly 77.3 ounces of silver.
A week before 14 January 2009, gold was around $841.10 per troy ounce, so the close of $808.20 is a loss of 3.9% over the week.
This close was session 3 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 19.44% below the highest close on record up to that date, which was set on 2008-03-18.