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 18 August 2009, not the current price.See today's gold price (11 September 2026)
Gold closed at $937.70 per troy ounce on 18 August 2009, up $3.400 (0.36%) from the previous close of $934.30.
This was the strongest close of the week up to that point.
This close sat 6.53% 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 $799.70, making this a +17.26% move year on year.
Figures in this section are shown in USD, independent of the currency selected above.
Gold closed at $937.70 per troy ounce on 18 August 2009. That is $3.40 higher than the previous close of $934.30, a move of 0.36%.
The gold price rose on 18 August 2009, gaining $3.40 (0.36%) against the previous session's close of $934.30.
At $937.70 per troy ounce, one gram of pure gold was worth about $30.15 on 18 August 2009. A troy ounce is 31.1034768 grams.
Scrap value follows purity, so on 18 August 2009 18k gold was worth about $22.61 per gram and 14k about $17.59 per gram, against $30.15 for pure 24k. These are melt values before any dealer margin.
The gold-to-silver ratio closed at about 67.2 on 18 August 2009, meaning one ounce of gold was worth roughly 67.2 ounces of silver.
A year before 18 August 2009, gold was around $799.70 per troy ounce. The close of $937.70 therefore represents a rise of 17.3% over twelve months.
It closed 6.53% below the highest close on record up to that date, which was set on 2008-03-18.