Distance from the record
This close sat 5.87% below the highest gold close recorded up to that date, set on 2008-03-18.
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This page is a historical record of the gold price in 26 August 2009, not the current price.See today's gold price (11 September 2026)
Gold closed at $944.30 per troy ounce on 26 August 2009, down $0.200 (0.02%) from the previous close of $944.50.
Gold barely moved, closing within 0.02% of the previous session. Flat days are the majority of any price series and are most useful as the baseline the notable days are measured against.
This close sat 5.87% 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 $822.20, making this a +14.85% move year on year.
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Gold closed at $944.30 per troy ounce on 26 August 2009. That is $0.20 lower than the previous close of $944.50, a move of -0.02%.
The gold price fell on 26 August 2009, losing $0.20 (0.02%) against the previous session's close of $944.50.
At $944.30 per troy ounce, one gram of pure gold was worth about $30.36 on 26 August 2009. A troy ounce is 31.1034768 grams.
Scrap value follows purity, so on 26 August 2009 18k gold was worth about $22.77 per gram and 14k about $17.71 per gram, against $30.36 for pure 24k. These are melt values before any dealer margin.
The gold-to-silver ratio closed at about 66.3 on 26 August 2009, meaning one ounce of gold was worth roughly 66.3 ounces of silver.
A year before 26 August 2009, gold was around $822.20 per troy ounce. The close of $944.30 therefore represents a rise of 14.9% over twelve months.
It closed 5.87% below the highest close on record up to that date, which was set on 2008-03-18.