Distance from the record
This close sat 6.63% below the highest gold close recorded up to that date, set on 2020-08-06.
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This page is a historical record of the gold price in 9 August 2023, not the current price.See today's gold price (11 September 2026)
Lowest closing price since 6 July 2023
Gold closed at $1,915.40 per troy ounce on 9 August 2023, down $8.700 (0.45%) from the previous close of $1,924.10.
This close extended a run of 3 consecutive sessions of losses. Runs are more informative than any one day inside them: they show direction holding rather than a single session's noise.
This close sat 6.63% 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 $1,794.00, making this a +6.77% move year on year.
Figures in this section are shown in USD, independent of the currency selected above.
Gold closed at $1,915.40 per troy ounce on 9 August 2023. That is $8.70 lower than the previous close of $1,924.10, a move of -0.45%.
The gold price fell on 9 August 2023, losing $8.70 (0.45%) against the previous session's close of $1,924.10.
At $1,915.40 per troy ounce, one gram of pure gold was worth about $61.58 on 9 August 2023. A troy ounce is 31.1034768 grams.
Scrap value follows purity, so on 9 August 2023 18k gold was worth about $46.19 per gram and 14k about $35.92 per gram, against $61.58 for pure 24k. These are melt values before any dealer margin.
The gold-to-silver ratio closed at about 84.6 on 9 August 2023, meaning one ounce of gold was worth roughly 84.6 ounces of silver.
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 6.63% below the highest close on record up to that date, which was set on 2020-08-06.