Distance from the record
This close sat 3.89% 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 5 August 2009, not the current price.See today's gold price (11 September 2026)
Gold closed at $964.20 per troy ounce on 5 August 2009, down $3.300 (0.34%) from the previous close of $967.50.
This close sat 3.89% 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 $878.60, making this a +9.74% move year on year.
Figures in this section are shown in USD, independent of the currency selected above.
Gold closed at $964.20 per troy ounce on 5 August 2009. That is $3.30 lower than the previous close of $967.50, a move of -0.34%.
The gold price fell on 5 August 2009, losing $3.30 (0.34%) against the previous session's close of $967.50.
At $964.20 per troy ounce, one gram of pure gold was worth about $31.00 on 5 August 2009. A troy ounce is 31.1034768 grams.
Scrap value follows purity, so on 5 August 2009 18k gold was worth about $23.25 per gram and 14k about $18.08 per gram, against $31.00 for pure 24k. These are melt values before any dealer margin.
The gold-to-silver ratio closed at about 65.4 on 5 August 2009, meaning one ounce of gold was worth roughly 65.4 ounces of silver.
A week before 5 August 2009, gold was around $927.20 per troy ounce, so the close of $964.20 is a gain of 4.0% over the week.
It closed 3.89% below the highest close on record up to that date, which was set on 2008-03-18.