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 25 August 2009, not the current price.See today's gold price (11 September 2026)
Gold closed at $944.50 per troy ounce on 25 August 2009, up $2.200 (0.23%) from the previous close of $942.30.
This was the strongest close of the week up to that point.
This close sat 5.85% 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 $819.80, making this a +15.21% move year on year.
Figures in this section are shown in USD, independent of the currency selected above.
Gold closed at $944.50 per troy ounce on 25 August 2009. That is $2.20 higher than the previous close of $942.30, a move of 0.23%.
The gold price rose on 25 August 2009, gaining $2.20 (0.23%) against the previous session's close of $942.30.
At $944.50 per troy ounce, one gram of pure gold was worth about $30.37 on 25 August 2009. A troy ounce is 31.1034768 grams.
Scrap value follows purity, so on 25 August 2009 18k gold was worth about $22.77 per gram and 14k about $17.71 per gram, against $30.37 for pure 24k. These are melt values before any dealer margin.
The gold-to-silver ratio closed at about 66.0 on 25 August 2009, meaning one ounce of gold was worth roughly 66.0 ounces of silver.
A year before 25 August 2009, gold was around $819.80 per troy ounce. The close of $944.50 therefore represents a rise of 15.2% over twelve months.
It closed 5.85% below the highest close on record up to that date, which was set on 2008-03-18.