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 20 January 2009, not the current price.See today's gold price (11 September 2026)
Highest closing price since 6 January 2009
Gold closed at $854.60 per troy ounce on 20 January 2009, up $15.30 (1.82%) from the previous close of $839.30.
This was the strongest close of the week up to that point.
This close sat 14.81% below the highest gold close recorded up to that date, set on 2008-03-18.
One of the ten lowest gold closes of that year, ranking 241 of 250 sessions.
Metal value only, before dealer margins and fabrication.
Twelve months earlier gold traded around $880.80, making this a -2.97% move year on year.
Figures in this section are shown in USD, independent of the currency selected above.
Gold closed at $854.60 per troy ounce on 20 January 2009. That is $15.30 higher than the previous close of $839.30, a move of 1.82%.
The gold price rose on 20 January 2009, gaining $15.30 (1.82%) against the previous session's close of $839.30.
At $854.60 per troy ounce, one gram of pure gold was worth about $27.48 on 20 January 2009. A troy ounce is 31.1034768 grams.
Scrap value follows purity, so on 20 January 2009 18k gold was worth about $20.61 per gram and 14k about $16.03 per gram, against $27.48 for pure 24k. These are melt values before any dealer margin.
The gold-to-silver ratio closed at about 76.6 on 20 January 2009, meaning one ounce of gold was worth roughly 76.6 ounces of silver.
A week before 20 January 2009, gold was around $820.10 per troy ounce, so the close of $854.60 is a gain of 4.2% over the week.
It closed 14.81% below the highest close on record up to that date, which was set on 2008-03-18.