Distance from the record
This close sat 2.70% 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 19 February 2009, not the current price.See today's gold price (11 September 2026)
Gold closed at $976.10 per troy ounce on 19 February 2009, down $1.600 (0.16%) from the previous close of $977.70.
This close sat 2.70% 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 $926.60, making this a +5.34% move year on year.
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Gold closed at $976.10 per troy ounce on 19 February 2009. That is $1.60 lower than the previous close of $977.70, a move of -0.16%.
The gold price fell on 19 February 2009, losing $1.60 (0.16%) against the previous session's close of $977.70.
At $976.10 per troy ounce, one gram of pure gold was worth about $31.38 on 19 February 2009. A troy ounce is 31.1034768 grams.
Scrap value follows purity, so on 19 February 2009 18k gold was worth about $23.54 per gram and 14k about $18.31 per gram, against $31.38 for pure 24k. These are melt values before any dealer margin.
The gold-to-silver ratio closed at about 70.1 on 19 February 2009, meaning one ounce of gold was worth roughly 70.1 ounces of silver.
A week before 19 February 2009, gold was around $948.50 per troy ounce, so the close of $976.10 is a gain of 2.9% over the week.
A month before 19 February 2009, gold was around $839.30 per troy ounce, so the close of $976.10 is a gain of 16.3% over the month.
It closed 2.70% below the highest close on record up to that date, which was set on 2008-03-18.