Distance from the record
This close sat 13.54% 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 17 April 2009, not the current price.See today's gold price (11 September 2026)
Lowest closing price since 22 January 2009
Gold closed at $867.40 per troy ounce on 17 April 2009, down $11.90 (1.35%) from the previous close of $879.30.
Notable session: lowest close of the month.
This close sat 13.54% 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 $939.80, making this a -7.70% move year on year.
Figures in this section are shown in USD, independent of the currency selected above.
Gold closed at $867.40 per troy ounce on 17 April 2009. That is $11.90 lower than the previous close of $879.30, a move of -1.35%.
The gold price fell on 17 April 2009, losing $11.90 (1.35%) against the previous session's close of $879.30.
At $867.40 per troy ounce, one gram of pure gold was worth about $27.89 on 17 April 2009. A troy ounce is 31.1034768 grams.
Scrap value follows purity, so on 17 April 2009 18k gold was worth about $20.92 per gram and 14k about $16.27 per gram, against $27.89 for pure 24k. These are melt values before any dealer margin.
The gold-to-silver ratio closed at about 73.6 on 17 April 2009, meaning one ounce of gold was worth roughly 73.6 ounces of silver.
A month before 17 April 2009, gold was around $916.40 per troy ounce, so the close of $867.40 is a loss of 5.3% over the month.
It closed 13.54% below the highest close on record up to that date, which was set on 2008-03-18.