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 24 April 2009, not the current price.See today's gold price (11 September 2026)
Highest closing price since 31 March 2009
Gold closed at $913.60 per troy ounce on 24 April 2009, up $7.700 (0.85%) from the previous close of $905.90.
Notable session: highest close of the month.
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 8.93% 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 $886.80, making this a +3.02% move year on year.
Figures in this section are shown in USD, independent of the currency selected above.
Gold closed at $913.60 per troy ounce on 24 April 2009. That is $7.70 higher than the previous close of $905.90, a move of 0.85%.
The gold price rose on 24 April 2009, gaining $7.70 (0.85%) against the previous session's close of $905.90.
At $913.60 per troy ounce, one gram of pure gold was worth about $29.37 on 24 April 2009. A troy ounce is 31.1034768 grams.
Scrap value follows purity, so on 24 April 2009 18k gold was worth about $22.03 per gram and 14k about $17.13 per gram, against $29.37 for pure 24k. These are melt values before any dealer margin.
The gold-to-silver ratio closed at about 70.7 on 24 April 2009, meaning one ounce of gold was worth roughly 70.7 ounces of silver.
A week before 24 April 2009, gold was around $867.40 per troy ounce, so the close of $913.60 is a gain of 5.3% over the week.
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 8.93% below the highest close on record up to that date, which was set on 2008-03-18.