Distance from the record
This close sat 4.14% 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 June 2009, not the current price.See today's gold price (11 September 2026)
Gold closed at $961.70 per troy ounce on 5 June 2009, down $19.50 (1.99%) from the previous close of $981.20.
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 4.14% 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 $871.80, making this a +10.31% move year on year.
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Gold closed at $961.70 per troy ounce on 5 June 2009. That is $19.50 lower than the previous close of $981.20, a move of -1.99%.
The gold price fell on 5 June 2009, losing $19.50 (1.99%) against the previous session's close of $981.20.
At $961.70 per troy ounce, one gram of pure gold was worth about $30.92 on 5 June 2009. A troy ounce is 31.1034768 grams.
Scrap value follows purity, so on 5 June 2009 18k gold was worth about $23.19 per gram and 14k about $18.04 per gram, against $30.92 for pure 24k. These are melt values before any dealer margin.
The gold-to-silver ratio closed at about 62.5 on 5 June 2009, meaning one ounce of gold was worth roughly 62.5 ounces of silver.
A month before 5 June 2009, gold was around $903.70 per troy ounce, so the close of $961.70 is a gain of 6.4% over the month.
It closed 4.14% below the highest close on record up to that date, which was set on 2008-03-18.