Distance from the record
This close sat 8.70% 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 July 2009, not the current price.See today's gold price (11 September 2026)
Gold closed at $915.90 per troy ounce on 9 July 2009, up $6.900 (0.76%) from the previous close of $909.00.
This close sat 8.70% 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 $927.30, making this a -1.23% move year on year.
Figures in this section are shown in USD, independent of the currency selected above.
Gold closed at $915.90 per troy ounce on 9 July 2009. That is $6.90 higher than the previous close of $909.00, a move of 0.76%.
The gold price rose on 9 July 2009, gaining $6.90 (0.76%) against the previous session's close of $909.00.
At $915.90 per troy ounce, one gram of pure gold was worth about $29.45 on 9 July 2009. A troy ounce is 31.1034768 grams.
Scrap value follows purity, so on 9 July 2009 18k gold was worth about $22.09 per gram and 14k about $17.18 per gram, against $29.45 for pure 24k. These are melt values before any dealer margin.
The gold-to-silver ratio closed at about 70.9 on 9 July 2009, meaning one ounce of gold was worth roughly 70.9 ounces of silver.
It closed 8.70% below the highest close on record up to that date, which was set on 2008-03-18.