Distance from the record
This close sat 10.37% 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 27 January 2009, not the current price.See today's gold price (11 September 2026)
Gold closed at $899.20 per troy ounce on 27 January 2009, down $9.300 (1.02%) from the previous close of $908.50.
Gold moved the opposite way to the session before it. Single-day reversals are common and usually mean little on their own — what matters is whether the next few sessions follow.
This close sat 10.37% 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 $910.50, making this a -1.24% move year on year.
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Gold closed at $899.20 per troy ounce on 27 January 2009. That is $9.30 lower than the previous close of $908.50, a move of -1.02%.
The gold price fell on 27 January 2009, losing $9.30 (1.02%) against the previous session's close of $908.50.
At $899.20 per troy ounce, one gram of pure gold was worth about $28.91 on 27 January 2009. A troy ounce is 31.1034768 grams.
Scrap value follows purity, so on 27 January 2009 18k gold was worth about $21.68 per gram and 14k about $16.86 per gram, against $28.91 for pure 24k. These are melt values before any dealer margin.
The gold-to-silver ratio closed at about 73.9 on 27 January 2009, meaning one ounce of gold was worth roughly 73.9 ounces of silver.
A week before 27 January 2009, gold was around $854.60 per troy ounce, so the close of $899.20 is a gain of 5.2% over the week.
It closed 10.37% below the highest close on record up to that date, which was set on 2008-03-18.