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This page is a historical record of the gold price in 20 May 2009, not the current price.See today's gold price (11 September 2026)
Highest closing price since 26 March 2009
Gold closed at $937.00 per troy ounce on 20 May 2009, up $10.70 (1.16%) from the previous close of $926.30.
No earlier session that month closed above this level.
This close sat 6.60% 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 $919.50, making this a +1.90% move year on year.
Figures in this section are shown in USD, independent of the currency selected above.
Gold closed at $937.00 per troy ounce on 20 May 2009. That is $10.70 higher than the previous close of $926.30, a move of 1.16%.
The gold price rose on 20 May 2009, gaining $10.70 (1.16%) against the previous session's close of $926.30.
At $937.00 per troy ounce, one gram of pure gold was worth about $30.13 on 20 May 2009. A troy ounce is 31.1034768 grams.
Scrap value follows purity, so on 20 May 2009 18k gold was worth about $22.59 per gram and 14k about $17.57 per gram, against $30.13 for pure 24k. These are melt values before any dealer margin.
The gold-to-silver ratio closed at about 65.7 on 20 May 2009, meaning one ounce of gold was worth roughly 65.7 ounces of silver.
A month before 20 May 2009, gold was around $887.00 per troy ounce, so the close of $937.00 is a gain of 5.6% over the month.
It closed 6.60% below the highest close on record up to that date, which was set on 2008-03-18.