Distance from the record
This close sat 6.90% below the highest gold close recorded up to that date, set on 2008-03-18.
This page is a historical record of the gold price in 18 June 2009, not the current price.See today's gold price (11 September 2026)
Gold closed at $934.00 per troy ounce on 18 June 2009, down $1.400 (0.15%) from the previous close of $935.40.
Gold barely moved, closing within 0.15% of the previous session. Flat days are the majority of any price series and are most useful as the baseline the notable days are measured against.
This close sat 6.90% 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 $890.90, making this a +4.84% move year on year.
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Gold closed at $934.00 per troy ounce on 18 June 2009. That is $1.40 lower than the previous close of $935.40, a move of -0.15%.
The gold price fell on 18 June 2009, losing $1.40 (0.15%) against the previous session's close of $935.40.
At $934.00 per troy ounce, one gram of pure gold was worth about $30.03 on 18 June 2009. A troy ounce is 31.1034768 grams.
Scrap value follows purity, so on 18 June 2009 18k gold was worth about $22.52 per gram and 14k about $17.52 per gram, against $30.03 for pure 24k. These are melt values before any dealer margin.
The gold-to-silver ratio closed at about 65.6 on 18 June 2009, meaning one ounce of gold was worth roughly 65.6 ounces of silver.
A week before 18 June 2009, gold was around $961.30 per troy ounce, so the close of $934.00 is a loss of 2.8% over the week.
It closed 6.90% below the highest close on record up to that date, which was set on 2008-03-18.