Distance from the record
This close sat 12.35% 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 16 April 2009, not the current price.See today's gold price (11 September 2026)
Lowest closing price since 6 April 2009
Gold closed at $879.30 per troy ounce on 16 April 2009, down $13.50 (1.51%) from the previous close of $892.80.
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 12.35% 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 $945.10, making this a -6.96% move year on year.
Figures in this section are shown in USD, independent of the currency selected above.
Gold closed at $879.30 per troy ounce on 16 April 2009. That is $13.50 lower than the previous close of $892.80, a move of -1.51%.
The gold price fell on 16 April 2009, losing $13.50 (1.51%) against the previous session's close of $892.80.
At $879.30 per troy ounce, one gram of pure gold was worth about $28.27 on 16 April 2009. A troy ounce is 31.1034768 grams.
Scrap value follows purity, so on 16 April 2009 18k gold was worth about $21.20 per gram and 14k about $16.49 per gram, against $28.27 for pure 24k. These are melt values before any dealer margin.
The gold-to-silver ratio closed at about 71.8 on 16 April 2009, meaning one ounce of gold was worth roughly 71.8 ounces of silver.
It closed 12.35% below the highest close on record up to that date, which was set on 2008-03-18.