Distance from the record
This close sat 4.72% 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 March 2009, not the current price.See today's gold price (11 September 2026)
Gold closed at $955.80 per troy ounce on 20 March 2009, down $2.500 (0.26%) from the previous close of $958.30.
This close sat 4.72% 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 $919.60, making this a +3.94% move year on year.
Figures in this section are shown in USD, independent of the currency selected above.
Gold closed at $955.80 per troy ounce on 20 March 2009. That is $2.50 lower than the previous close of $958.30, a move of -0.26%.
The gold price fell on 20 March 2009, losing $2.50 (0.26%) against the previous session's close of $958.30.
At $955.80 per troy ounce, one gram of pure gold was worth about $30.73 on 20 March 2009. A troy ounce is 31.1034768 grams.
Scrap value follows purity, so on 20 March 2009 18k gold was worth about $23.05 per gram and 14k about $17.93 per gram, against $30.73 for pure 24k. These are melt values before any dealer margin.
The gold-to-silver ratio closed at about 69.1 on 20 March 2009, meaning one ounce of gold was worth roughly 69.1 ounces of silver.
A week before 20 March 2009, gold was around $929.80 per troy ounce, so the close of $955.80 is a gain of 2.8% over the week.
It closed 4.72% below the highest close on record up to that date, which was set on 2008-03-18.