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No earlier session that month closed above this level.
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This page is a historical record of the gold price in 2 February 2009, not the current price.See today's gold price (11 September 2026)
Gold closed at $906.70 per troy ounce on 2 February 2009, down $20.60 (2.22%) from the previous close of $927.30.
Gold lost 2.22% in one session, far more than a normal day's range. Falls this size rarely happen in isolation — the days on either side give the move its context.
No earlier session that month closed above this level.
This close sat 9.62% 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 $922.70, making this a -1.73% move year on year.
Figures in this section are shown in USD, independent of the currency selected above.
Gold closed at $906.70 per troy ounce on 2 February 2009. That is $20.60 lower than the previous close of $927.30, a move of -2.22%.
The gold price fell on 2 February 2009, losing $20.60 (2.22%) against the previous session's close of $927.30.
At $906.70 per troy ounce, one gram of pure gold was worth about $29.15 on 2 February 2009. A troy ounce is 31.1034768 grams.
Scrap value follows purity, so on 2 February 2009 18k gold was worth about $21.86 per gram and 14k about $17.00 per gram, against $29.15 for pure 24k. These are melt values before any dealer margin.
The gold-to-silver ratio closed at about 73.1 on 2 February 2009, meaning one ounce of gold was worth roughly 73.1 ounces of silver.
It closed 9.62% below the highest close on record up to that date, which was set on 2008-03-18.