Highest so far that month
No earlier session that month closed above this level.
This page is a historical record of the gold price in 6 March 2009, not the current price.See today's gold price (11 September 2026)
Gold closed at $942.10 per troy ounce on 6 March 2009, up $15.10 (1.63%) from the previous close of $927.00.
No earlier session that month closed above this level.
This close sat 6.09% 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 $975.00, making this a -3.37% move year on year.
Figures in this section are shown in USD, independent of the currency selected above.
Gold closed at $942.10 per troy ounce on 6 March 2009. That is $15.10 higher than the previous close of $927.00, a move of 1.63%.
The gold price rose on 6 March 2009, gaining $15.10 (1.63%) against the previous session's close of $927.00.
At $942.10 per troy ounce, one gram of pure gold was worth about $30.29 on 6 March 2009. A troy ounce is 31.1034768 grams.
Scrap value follows purity, so on 6 March 2009 18k gold was worth about $22.72 per gram and 14k about $17.67 per gram, against $30.29 for pure 24k. These are melt values before any dealer margin.
The gold-to-silver ratio closed at about 70.7 on 6 March 2009, meaning one ounce of gold was worth roughly 70.7 ounces of silver.
It closed 6.09% below the highest close on record up to that date, which was set on 2008-03-18.