Highest so far that year
At the time, no session earlier in the year had closed higher.
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This page is a historical record of the gold price in 9 January 2017, not the current price.See today's gold price (11 September 2026)
Highest closing price since 29 November 2016
Gold closed at $1,183.50 per troy ounce on 9 January 2017, up $11.60 (0.99%) from the previous close of $1,171.90.
At the time, no session earlier in the year had closed higher.
This close sat 37.34% below the highest gold close recorded up to that date, set on 2011-08-22.
One of the ten lowest gold closes of that year, ranking 247 of 251 sessions.
Metal value only, before dealer margins and fabrication.
Twelve months earlier gold traded around $1,097.80, making this a +7.81% move year on year.
Figures in this section are shown in USD, independent of the currency selected above.
Gold closed at $1,183.50 per troy ounce on 9 January 2017. That is $11.60 higher than the previous close of $1,171.90, a move of 0.99%.
The gold price rose on 9 January 2017, gaining $11.60 (0.99%) against the previous session's close of $1,171.90.
At $1,183.50 per troy ounce, one gram of pure gold was worth about $38.05 on 9 January 2017. A troy ounce is 31.1034768 grams.
Scrap value follows purity, so on 9 January 2017 18k gold was worth about $28.54 per gram and 14k about $22.20 per gram, against $38.05 for pure 24k. These are melt values before any dealer margin.
The gold-to-silver ratio closed at about 71.2 on 9 January 2017, meaning one ounce of gold was worth roughly 71.2 ounces of silver.
A week before 9 January 2017, gold was around $1,150.00 per troy ounce, so the close of $1,183.50 is a gain of 2.9% over the week.
It closed 37.34% below the highest close on record up to that date, which was set on 2011-08-22.