Distance from the record
This close sat 6.27% 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 20 August 2009, not the current price.See today's gold price (11 September 2026)
Gold closed at $940.30 per troy ounce on 20 August 2009, down $3.000 (0.32%) from the previous close of $943.30.
This close sat 6.27% 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 $810.30, making this a +16.04% move year on year.
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Gold closed at $940.30 per troy ounce on 20 August 2009. That is $3.00 lower than the previous close of $943.30, a move of -0.32%.
The gold price fell on 20 August 2009, losing $3.00 (0.32%) against the previous session's close of $943.30.
At $940.30 per troy ounce, one gram of pure gold was worth about $30.23 on 20 August 2009. A troy ounce is 31.1034768 grams.
Scrap value follows purity, so on 20 August 2009 18k gold was worth about $22.67 per gram and 14k about $17.63 per gram, against $30.23 for pure 24k. These are melt values before any dealer margin.
The gold-to-silver ratio closed at about 67.8 on 20 August 2009, meaning one ounce of gold was worth roughly 67.8 ounces of silver.
A year before 20 August 2009, gold was around $810.30 per troy ounce. The close of $940.30 therefore represents a rise of 16.0% over twelve months.
It closed 6.27% below the highest close on record up to that date, which was set on 2008-03-18.