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 December 2008, not the current price.See today's gold price (11 September 2026)
Gold closed at $772.40 per troy ounce on 9 December 2008, up $5.000 (0.65%) from the previous close of $767.40.
This was the strongest close of the week up to that point.
This close sat 23.01% 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 $794.40, making this a -2.77% move year on year.
Figures in this section are shown in USD, independent of the currency selected above.
Gold closed at $772.40 per troy ounce on 9 December 2008. That is $5.00 higher than the previous close of $767.40, a move of 0.65%.
The gold price rose on 9 December 2008, gaining $5.00 (0.65%) against the previous session's close of $767.40.
At $772.40 per troy ounce, one gram of pure gold was worth about $24.83 on 9 December 2008. A troy ounce is 31.1034768 grams.
Scrap value follows purity, so on 9 December 2008 18k gold was worth about $18.62 per gram and 14k about $14.49 per gram, against $24.83 for pure 24k. These are melt values before any dealer margin.
The gold-to-silver ratio closed at about 78.7 on 9 December 2008, meaning one ounce of gold was worth roughly 78.7 ounces of silver.
A month before 9 December 2008, gold was around $733.20 per troy ounce, so the close of $772.40 is a gain of 5.3% over the month.
It closed 23.01% below the highest close on record up to that date, which was set on 2008-03-18.