This page is a historical record of the gold price in 18 September 2009, not the current price.See today's gold price (11 September 2026)
Gold closed at $1,009.20 per troy ounce on 18 September 2009, down $3.100 (0.31%) from the previous close of $1,012.30.
Metal value only, before dealer margins and fabrication.
Twelve months earlier gold traded around $892.70, making this a +13.05% move year on year.
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Gold closed at $1,009.20 per troy ounce on 18 September 2009. That is $3.10 lower than the previous close of $1,012.30, a move of -0.31%.
The gold price fell on 18 September 2009, losing $3.10 (0.31%) against the previous session's close of $1,012.30.
At $1,009.20 per troy ounce, one gram of pure gold was worth about $32.45 on 18 September 2009. A troy ounce is 31.1034768 grams.
Scrap value follows purity, so on 18 September 2009 18k gold was worth about $24.33 per gram and 14k about $18.93 per gram, against $32.45 for pure 24k. These are melt values before any dealer margin.
The gold-to-silver ratio closed at about 59.2 on 18 September 2009, meaning one ounce of gold was worth roughly 59.2 ounces of silver.
A month before 18 September 2009, gold was around $937.70 per troy ounce, so the close of $1,009.20 is a gain of 7.6% over the month.
A year before 18 September 2009, gold was around $892.70 per troy ounce. The close of $1,009.20 therefore represents a rise of 13.1% over twelve months.
It closed 0.95% below the highest close on record up to that date, which was set on 2009-09-16.