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 2021, not the current price.See today's gold price (11 September 2026)
Lowest closing price since 31 March 2021
Gold closed at $1,723.40 per troy ounce on 9 August 2021, down $36.60 (2.08%) from the previous close of $1,760.00.
Notable session: lowest close of the month.
Gold lost 2.08% in one session, far more than a normal day's range. Falls this size rarely happen in isolation — the days on either side give the move its context.
This was the strongest close of the week up to that point.
This close sat 15.99% below the highest gold close recorded up to that date, set on 2020-08-06.
Metal value only, before dealer margins and fabrication.
Twelve months earlier gold traded around $2,010.10, making this a -14.26% move year on year.
Figures in this section are shown in USD, independent of the currency selected above.
Gold closed at $1,723.40 per troy ounce on 9 August 2021. That is $36.60 lower than the previous close of $1,760.00, a move of -2.08%.
The gold price fell on 9 August 2021, losing $36.60 (2.08%) against the previous session's close of $1,760.00.
At $1,723.40 per troy ounce, one gram of pure gold was worth about $55.41 on 9 August 2021. A troy ounce is 31.1034768 grams.
Scrap value follows purity, so on 9 August 2021 18k gold was worth about $41.56 per gram and 14k about $32.32 per gram, against $55.41 for pure 24k. These are melt values before any dealer margin.
The gold-to-silver ratio closed at about 74.1 on 9 August 2021, meaning one ounce of gold was worth roughly 74.1 ounces of silver.
A week before 9 August 2021, gold was around $1,818.10 per troy ounce, so the close of $1,723.40 is a loss of 5.2% over the week.
A year before 9 August 2021, gold was around $2,010.10 per troy ounce. The close of $1,723.40 therefore represents a fall of 14.3% over twelve months.
This close was session 3 of a consecutive run of losses. A run is counted by closes, so an intraday reversal that still closed in the same direction does not break it.
It closed 15.99% below the highest close on record up to that date, which was set on 2020-08-06.