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 16 March 2009, not the current price.See today's gold price (11 September 2026)
Gold closed at $921.60 per troy ounce on 16 March 2009, down $8.200 (0.88%) from the previous close of $929.80.
This was the strongest close of the week up to that point.
This close sat 8.13% 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 $998.20, making this a -7.67% move year on year.
Figures in this section are shown in USD, independent of the currency selected above.
Gold closed at $921.60 per troy ounce on 16 March 2009. That is $8.20 lower than the previous close of $929.80, a move of -0.88%.
The gold price fell on 16 March 2009, losing $8.20 (0.88%) against the previous session's close of $929.80.
At $921.60 per troy ounce, one gram of pure gold was worth about $29.63 on 16 March 2009. A troy ounce is 31.1034768 grams.
Scrap value follows purity, so on 16 March 2009 18k gold was worth about $22.22 per gram and 14k about $17.28 per gram, against $29.63 for pure 24k. These are melt values before any dealer margin.
The gold-to-silver ratio closed at about 71.4 on 16 March 2009, meaning one ounce of gold was worth roughly 71.4 ounces of silver.
It closed 8.13% below the highest close on record up to that date, which was set on 2008-03-18.