Highest so far that month
No earlier session that month closed above this level.
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This page is a historical record of the gold price in 23 July 2009, not the current price.See today's gold price (11 September 2026)
Highest closing price since 11 June 2009
Gold closed at $954.50 per troy ounce on 23 July 2009, up $1.500 (0.16%) from the previous close of $953.00.
Notable session: highest close of the month.
No earlier session that month closed above this level.
This close sat 4.85% 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 $922.40, making this a +3.48% move year on year.
Figures in this section are shown in USD, independent of the currency selected above.
Gold closed at $954.50 per troy ounce on 23 July 2009. That is $1.50 higher than the previous close of $953.00, a move of 0.16%.
The gold price rose on 23 July 2009, gaining $1.50 (0.16%) against the previous session's close of $953.00.
At $954.50 per troy ounce, one gram of pure gold was worth about $30.69 on 23 July 2009. A troy ounce is 31.1034768 grams.
Scrap value follows purity, so on 23 July 2009 18k gold was worth about $23.02 per gram and 14k about $17.90 per gram, against $30.69 for pure 24k. These are melt values before any dealer margin.
The gold-to-silver ratio closed at about 69.3 on 23 July 2009, meaning one ounce of gold was worth roughly 69.3 ounces of silver.
A week before 23 July 2009, gold was around $935.10 per troy ounce, so the close of $954.50 is a gain of 2.1% over the week.
It closed 4.85% below the highest close on record up to that date, which was set on 2008-03-18.