Highest so far that week
This was the strongest close of the week up to that point.
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This page is a historical record of the gold price in 9 August 2017, not the current price.See today's gold price (11 September 2026)
Gold closed at $1,273.00 per troy ounce on 9 August 2017, up $16.60 (1.32%) from the previous close of $1,256.40.
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 was the strongest close of the week up to that point.
This close sat 32.60% below the highest gold close recorded up to that date, set on 2011-08-22.
Metal value only, before dealer margins and fabrication.
Twelve months earlier gold traded around $1,339.00, making this a -4.93% move year on year.
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Gold closed at $1,273.00 per troy ounce on 9 August 2017. That is $16.60 higher than the previous close of $1,256.40, a move of 1.32%.
The gold price rose on 9 August 2017, gaining $16.60 (1.32%) against the previous session's close of $1,256.40.
At $1,273.00 per troy ounce, one gram of pure gold was worth about $40.93 on 9 August 2017. A troy ounce is 31.1034768 grams.
Scrap value follows purity, so on 9 August 2017 18k gold was worth about $30.70 per gram and 14k about $23.87 per gram, against $40.93 for pure 24k. These are melt values before any dealer margin.
The gold-to-silver ratio closed at about 75.6 on 9 August 2017, meaning one ounce of gold was worth roughly 75.6 ounces of silver.
A month before 9 August 2017, gold was around $1,208.60 per troy ounce, so the close of $1,273.00 is a gain of 5.3% over the month.
It closed 32.60% below the highest close on record up to that date, which was set on 2011-08-22.