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No earlier session that month closed above this level.
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This page is a historical record of the gold price in 21 May 2009, not the current price.See today's gold price (11 September 2026)
Highest closing price since 23 March 2009
Gold closed at $950.80 per troy ounce on 21 May 2009, up $13.80 (1.47%) from the previous close of $937.00.
This close extended a run of 3 consecutive sessions of gains. Runs are more informative than any one day inside them: they show direction holding rather than a single session's noise.
No earlier session that month closed above this level.
This close sat 5.22% 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 $928.00, making this a +2.46% move year on year.
Figures in this section are shown in USD, independent of the currency selected above.
Gold closed at $950.80 per troy ounce on 21 May 2009. That is $13.80 higher than the previous close of $937.00, a move of 1.47%.
The gold price rose on 21 May 2009, gaining $13.80 (1.47%) against the previous session's close of $937.00.
At $950.80 per troy ounce, one gram of pure gold was worth about $30.57 on 21 May 2009. A troy ounce is 31.1034768 grams.
Scrap value follows purity, so on 21 May 2009 18k gold was worth about $22.93 per gram and 14k about $17.83 per gram, against $30.57 for pure 24k. These are melt values before any dealer margin.
The gold-to-silver ratio closed at about 65.9 on 21 May 2009, meaning one ounce of gold was worth roughly 65.9 ounces of silver.
A week before 21 May 2009, gold was around $928.00 per troy ounce, so the close of $950.80 is a gain of 2.5% over the week.
A month before 21 May 2009, gold was around $882.10 per troy ounce, so the close of $950.80 is a gain of 7.8% over the month.
This close was session 3 of a consecutive run of gains. A run is counted by closes, so an intraday reversal that still closed in the same direction does not break it.
It closed 5.22% below the highest close on record up to that date, which was set on 2008-03-18.