Distance from the record
This close sat 12.07% 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 21 April 2009, not the current price.See today's gold price (11 September 2026)
Gold closed at $882.10 per troy ounce on 21 April 2009, down $4.900 (0.55%) from the previous close of $887.00.
This close sat 12.07% 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 $914.70, making this a -3.56% move year on year.
Figures in this section are shown in USD, independent of the currency selected above.
Gold closed at $882.10 per troy ounce on 21 April 2009. That is $4.90 lower than the previous close of $887.00, a move of -0.55%.
The gold price fell on 21 April 2009, losing $4.90 (0.55%) against the previous session's close of $887.00.
At $882.10 per troy ounce, one gram of pure gold was worth about $28.36 on 21 April 2009. A troy ounce is 31.1034768 grams.
Scrap value follows purity, so on 21 April 2009 18k gold was worth about $21.27 per gram and 14k about $16.54 per gram, against $28.36 for pure 24k. These are melt values before any dealer margin.
The gold-to-silver ratio closed at about 73.2 on 21 April 2009, meaning one ounce of gold was worth roughly 73.2 ounces of silver.
A month before 21 April 2009, gold was around $955.80 per troy ounce, so the close of $882.10 is a loss of 7.7% over the month.
It closed 12.07% below the highest close on record up to that date, which was set on 2008-03-18.