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 2023, not the current price.See today's gold price (11 September 2026)
Highest closing price since 6 May 2022
Gold closed at $1,872.70 per troy ounce on 9 January 2023, up $8.500 (0.46%) from the previous close of $1,864.20.
At the time, no session earlier in the year had closed higher.
This close sat 8.72% 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 $1,797.00, making this a +4.21% move year on year.
Figures in this section are shown in USD, independent of the currency selected above.
Gold closed at $1,872.70 per troy ounce on 9 January 2023. That is $8.50 higher than the previous close of $1,864.20, a move of 0.46%.
The gold price rose on 9 January 2023, gaining $8.50 (0.46%) against the previous session's close of $1,864.20.
At $1,872.70 per troy ounce, one gram of pure gold was worth about $60.21 on 9 January 2023. A troy ounce is 31.1034768 grams.
Scrap value follows purity, so on 9 January 2023 18k gold was worth about $45.16 per gram and 14k about $35.12 per gram, against $60.21 for pure 24k. These are melt values before any dealer margin.
The gold-to-silver ratio closed at about 79.0 on 9 January 2023, meaning one ounce of gold was worth roughly 79.0 ounces of silver.
A week before 9 January 2023, gold was around $1,819.70 per troy ounce, so the close of $1,872.70 is a gain of 2.9% over the week.
It closed 8.72% below the highest close on record up to that date, which was set on 2020-08-06.
The most recent higher close was about 8 months earlier — 168 trading sessions before this one.