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 19 May 2009, not the current price.See today's gold price (11 September 2026)
Gold closed at $926.30 per troy ounce on 19 May 2009, up $5.000 (0.54%) from the previous close of $921.30.
This was the strongest close of the week up to that point.
This close sat 7.67% 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 $905.00, making this a +2.35% move year on year.
Figures in this section are shown in USD, independent of the currency selected above.
Gold closed at $926.30 per troy ounce on 19 May 2009. That is $5.00 higher than the previous close of $921.30, a move of 0.54%.
The gold price rose on 19 May 2009, gaining $5.00 (0.54%) against the previous session's close of $921.30.
At $926.30 per troy ounce, one gram of pure gold was worth about $29.78 on 19 May 2009. A troy ounce is 31.1034768 grams.
Scrap value follows purity, so on 19 May 2009 18k gold was worth about $22.34 per gram and 14k about $17.37 per gram, against $29.78 for pure 24k. These are melt values before any dealer margin.
The gold-to-silver ratio closed at about 65.6 on 19 May 2009, meaning one ounce of gold was worth roughly 65.6 ounces of silver.
A month before 19 May 2009, gold was around $867.40 per troy ounce, so the close of $926.30 is a gain of 6.8% over the month.
It closed 7.67% below the highest close on record up to that date, which was set on 2008-03-18.