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 21 September 2009, not the current price.See today's gold price (11 September 2026)
Gold closed at $1,003.70 per troy ounce on 21 September 2009, down $5.500 (0.54%) from the previous close of $1,009.20.
This close extended a run of 3 consecutive sessions of losses. Runs are more informative than any one day inside them: they show direction holding rather than a single session's noise.
This was the strongest close of the week up to that point.
This close sat 1.49% below the highest gold close recorded up to that date, set on 2009-09-16.
Metal value only, before dealer margins and fabrication.
Twelve months earlier gold traded around $860.60, making this a +16.63% move year on year.
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Gold closed at $1,003.70 per troy ounce on 21 September 2009. That is $5.50 lower than the previous close of $1,009.20, a move of -0.54%.
The gold price fell on 21 September 2009, losing $5.50 (0.54%) against the previous session's close of $1,009.20.
At $1,003.70 per troy ounce, one gram of pure gold was worth about $32.27 on 21 September 2009. A troy ounce is 31.1034768 grams.
Scrap value follows purity, so on 21 September 2009 18k gold was worth about $24.20 per gram and 14k about $18.82 per gram, against $32.27 for pure 24k. These are melt values before any dealer margin.
The gold-to-silver ratio closed at about 59.5 on 21 September 2009, meaning one ounce of gold was worth roughly 59.5 ounces of silver.
A month before 21 September 2009, gold was around $953.20 per troy ounce, so the close of $1,003.70 is a gain of 5.3% over the month.
A year before 21 September 2009, gold was around $860.60 per troy ounce. The close of $1,003.70 therefore represents a rise of 16.6% over twelve months.
This close was session 3 of a consecutive run of losses. A run is counted by closes, so an intraday reversal that still closed in the same direction does not break it.
It closed 1.49% below the highest close on record up to that date, which was set on 2009-09-16.