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 15 July 2009, not the current price.See today's gold price (11 September 2026)
Highest closing price since 1 July 2009
Gold closed at $939.10 per troy ounce on 15 July 2009, up $16.60 (1.80%) from the previous close of $922.50.
This close extended a run of 3 consecutive sessions of gains. 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 6.39% 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 $977.70, making this a -3.95% move year on year.
Figures in this section are shown in USD, independent of the currency selected above.
Gold closed at $939.10 per troy ounce on 15 July 2009. That is $16.60 higher than the previous close of $922.50, a move of 1.80%.
The gold price rose on 15 July 2009, gaining $16.60 (1.80%) against the previous session's close of $922.50.
At $939.10 per troy ounce, one gram of pure gold was worth about $30.19 on 15 July 2009. A troy ounce is 31.1034768 grams.
Scrap value follows purity, so on 15 July 2009 18k gold was worth about $22.64 per gram and 14k about $17.61 per gram, against $30.19 for pure 24k. These are melt values before any dealer margin.
The gold-to-silver ratio closed at about 71.1 on 15 July 2009, meaning one ounce of gold was worth roughly 71.1 ounces of silver.
A week before 15 July 2009, gold was around $909.00 per troy ounce, so the close of $939.10 is a gain of 3.3% over the week.
This close was session 3 of a consecutive run of gains. A run is counted by closes, so an intraday reversal that still closed in the same direction does not break it.
It closed 6.39% below the highest close on record up to that date, which was set on 2008-03-18.