Distance from the record
This close sat 1.30% below the highest gold close recorded up to that date, set on 2009-09-01.
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This page is a historical record of the gold price in 4 September 2009, not the current price.See today's gold price (11 September 2026)
Gold closed at $994.90 per troy ounce on 4 September 2009, down $0.900 (0.09%) from the previous close of $995.80.
Gold barely moved, closing within 0.09% 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 1.30% below the highest gold close recorded up to that date, set on 2009-09-01.
Metal value only, before dealer margins and fabrication.
Twelve months earlier gold traded around $797.90, making this a +24.69% move year on year.
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Gold closed at $994.90 per troy ounce on 4 September 2009. That is $0.90 lower than the previous close of $995.80, a move of -0.09%.
The gold price fell on 4 September 2009, losing $0.90 (0.09%) against the previous session's close of $995.80.
At $994.90 per troy ounce, one gram of pure gold was worth about $31.99 on 4 September 2009. A troy ounce is 31.1034768 grams.
Scrap value follows purity, so on 4 September 2009 18k gold was worth about $23.99 per gram and 14k about $18.66 per gram, against $31.99 for pure 24k. These are melt values before any dealer margin.
The gold-to-silver ratio closed at about 61.2 on 4 September 2009, meaning one ounce of gold was worth roughly 61.2 ounces of silver.
A week before 4 September 2009, gold was around $957.00 per troy ounce, so the close of $994.90 is a gain of 4.0% over the week.
A year before 4 September 2009, gold was around $797.90 per troy ounce. The close of $994.90 therefore represents a rise of 24.7% over twelve months.
It closed 1.30% below the highest close on record up to that date, which was set on 2009-09-01.