Distance from the record
This close sat 11.21% 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 30 April 2009, not the current price.See today's gold price (11 September 2026)
Gold closed at $890.70 per troy ounce on 30 April 2009, down $9.100 (1.01%) from the previous close of $899.80.
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 11.21% 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 $862.80, making this a +3.23% move year on year.
Figures in this section are shown in USD, independent of the currency selected above.
Gold closed at $890.70 per troy ounce on 30 April 2009. That is $9.10 lower than the previous close of $899.80, a move of -1.01%.
The gold price fell on 30 April 2009, losing $9.10 (1.01%) against the previous session's close of $899.80.
At $890.70 per troy ounce, one gram of pure gold was worth about $28.64 on 30 April 2009. A troy ounce is 31.1034768 grams.
Scrap value follows purity, so on 30 April 2009 18k gold was worth about $21.48 per gram and 14k about $16.70 per gram, against $28.64 for pure 24k. These are melt values before any dealer margin.
The gold-to-silver ratio closed at about 72.4 on 30 April 2009, meaning one ounce of gold was worth roughly 72.4 ounces of silver.
It closed 11.21% below the highest close on record up to that date, which was set on 2008-03-18.