Highest so far that month
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 November 2009, not the current price.See today's gold price (11 September 2026)
Highest closing price since 23 October 2009
Gold closed at $1,053.40 per troy ounce on 2 November 2009, up $13.70 (1.32%) from the previous close of $1,039.70.
Notable session: lowest close of the month.
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 1.01% below the highest gold close recorded up to that date, set on 2009-10-13.
Metal value only, before dealer margins and fabrication.
Twelve months earlier gold traded around $716.80, making this a +46.96% move year on year.
Figures in this section are shown in USD, independent of the currency selected above.
Gold closed at $1,053.40 per troy ounce on 2 November 2009. That is $13.70 higher than the previous close of $1,039.70, a move of 1.32%.
The gold price rose on 2 November 2009, gaining $13.70 (1.32%) against the previous session's close of $1,039.70.
At $1,053.40 per troy ounce, one gram of pure gold was worth about $33.87 on 2 November 2009. A troy ounce is 31.1034768 grams.
Scrap value follows purity, so on 2 November 2009 18k gold was worth about $25.40 per gram and 14k about $19.76 per gram, against $33.87 for pure 24k. These are melt values before any dealer margin.
The gold-to-silver ratio closed at about 64.1 on 2 November 2009, meaning one ounce of gold was worth roughly 64.1 ounces of silver.
A month before 2 November 2009, gold was around $1,003.20 per troy ounce, so the close of $1,053.40 is a gain of 5.0% over the month.
A year before 2 November 2009, gold was around $716.80 per troy ounce. The close of $1,053.40 therefore represents a rise of 47.0% over twelve months.
It closed 1.01% below the highest close on record up to that date, which was set on 2009-10-13.