Distance from the record
This close sat 14.84% below the highest gold close recorded up to that date, set on 2008-03-18.
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This page is a historical record of the gold price in 9 January 2009, not the current price.See today's gold price (11 September 2026)
Gold closed at $854.30 per troy ounce on 9 January 2009, up $0.400 (0.05%) from the previous close of $853.90.
Gold barely moved, closing within 0.05% 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 14.84% below the highest gold close recorded up to that date, set on 2008-03-18.
One of the ten lowest gold closes of that year, ranking 242 of 250 sessions.
Metal value only, before dealer margins and fabrication.
Twelve months earlier gold traded around $879.50, making this a -2.87% move year on year.
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Gold closed at $854.30 per troy ounce on 9 January 2009. That is $0.40 higher than the previous close of $853.90, a move of 0.05%.
The gold price rose on 9 January 2009, gaining $0.40 (0.05%) against the previous session's close of $853.90.
At $854.30 per troy ounce, one gram of pure gold was worth about $27.47 on 9 January 2009. A troy ounce is 31.1034768 grams.
Scrap value follows purity, so on 9 January 2009 18k gold was worth about $20.60 per gram and 14k about $16.02 per gram, against $27.47 for pure 24k. These are melt values before any dealer margin.
The gold-to-silver ratio closed at about 75.6 on 9 January 2009, meaning one ounce of gold was worth roughly 75.6 ounces of silver.
A week before 9 January 2009, gold was around $878.80 per troy ounce, so the close of $854.30 is a loss of 2.8% over the week.
A month before 9 January 2009, gold was around $772.40 per troy ounce, so the close of $854.30 is a gain of 10.6% over the month.
It closed 14.84% below the highest close on record up to that date, which was set on 2008-03-18.