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This close sat 20.76% below the highest gold close recorded up to that date, set on 2011-08-22.
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This page is a historical record of the gold price in 9 August 2019, not the current price.See today's gold price (11 September 2026)
Gold closed at $1,496.60 per troy ounce on 9 August 2019, down $1.100 (0.07%) from the previous close of $1,497.70.
Gold barely moved, closing within 0.07% 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 20.76% 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 $1,211.90, making this a +23.49% move year on year.
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Gold closed at $1,496.60 per troy ounce on 9 August 2019. That is $1.10 lower than the previous close of $1,497.70, a move of -0.07%.
The gold price fell on 9 August 2019, losing $1.10 (0.07%) against the previous session's close of $1,497.70.
At $1,496.60 per troy ounce, one gram of pure gold was worth about $48.12 on 9 August 2019. A troy ounce is 31.1034768 grams.
Scrap value follows purity, so on 9 August 2019 18k gold was worth about $36.09 per gram and 14k about $28.07 per gram, against $48.12 for pure 24k. These are melt values before any dealer margin.
The gold-to-silver ratio closed at about 88.6 on 9 August 2019, meaning one ounce of gold was worth roughly 88.6 ounces of silver.
A week before 9 August 2019, gold was around $1,445.60 per troy ounce, so the close of $1,496.60 is a gain of 3.5% over the week.
A month before 9 August 2019, gold was around $1,397.50 per troy ounce, so the close of $1,496.60 is a gain of 7.1% over the month.
A year before 9 August 2019, gold was around $1,211.90 per troy ounce. The close of $1,496.60 therefore represents a rise of 23.5% over twelve months.
It closed 20.76% below the highest close on record up to that date, which was set on 2011-08-22.