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This page is a historical record of the gold price in 2 April 2009, not the current price.See today's gold price (11 September 2026)
Gold closed at $907.40 per troy ounce on 2 April 2009, up $16.70 (1.87%) from the previous close of $890.70.
Gold moved the opposite way to the session before it. Single-day reversals are common and usually mean little on their own — what matters is whether the next few sessions follow.
No earlier session that month closed above this level.
This close sat 9.55% 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 $895.20, making this a +1.36% move year on year.
Figures in this section are shown in USD, independent of the currency selected above.
Gold closed at $907.40 per troy ounce on 2 April 2009. That is $16.70 higher than the previous close of $890.70, a move of 1.87%.
The gold price rose on 2 April 2009, gaining $16.70 (1.87%) against the previous session's close of $890.70.
At $907.40 per troy ounce, one gram of pure gold was worth about $29.17 on 2 April 2009. A troy ounce is 31.1034768 grams.
Scrap value follows purity, so on 2 April 2009 18k gold was worth about $21.88 per gram and 14k about $17.02 per gram, against $29.17 for pure 24k. These are melt values before any dealer margin.
The gold-to-silver ratio closed at about 69.7 on 2 April 2009, meaning one ounce of gold was worth roughly 69.7 ounces of silver.
A week before 2 April 2009, gold was around $939.60 per troy ounce, so the close of $907.40 is a loss of 3.4% over the week.
It closed 9.55% below the highest close on record up to that date, which was set on 2008-03-18.