Distance from the record
This close sat 36.34% below the highest gold close recorded up to that date, set on 2011-08-22.
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This page is a historical record of the gold price in 9 March 2017, not the current price.See today's gold price (11 September 2026)
Lowest closing price since 30 January 2017
Gold closed at $1,202.40 per troy ounce on 9 March 2017, down $6.100 (0.50%) from the previous close of $1,208.50.
This close extended a run of 8 consecutive sessions of losses. Runs are more informative than any one day inside them: they show direction holding rather than a single session's noise.
This close sat 36.34% below the highest gold close recorded up to that date, set on 2011-08-22.
Metal value only, before dealer margins and fabrication.
Twelve months earlier gold traded around $1,256.60, making this a -4.31% move year on year.
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Gold closed at $1,202.40 per troy ounce on 9 March 2017. That is $6.10 lower than the previous close of $1,208.50, a move of -0.50%.
The gold price fell on 9 March 2017, losing $6.10 (0.50%) against the previous session's close of $1,208.50.
At $1,202.40 per troy ounce, one gram of pure gold was worth about $38.66 on 9 March 2017. A troy ounce is 31.1034768 grams.
Scrap value follows purity, so on 9 March 2017 18k gold was worth about $28.99 per gram and 14k about $22.55 per gram, against $38.66 for pure 24k. These are melt values before any dealer margin.
The gold-to-silver ratio closed at about 70.8 on 9 March 2017, meaning one ounce of gold was worth roughly 70.8 ounces of silver.
A week before 9 March 2017, gold was around $1,231.90 per troy ounce, so the close of $1,202.40 is a loss of 2.4% over the week.
This close was session 8 of a consecutive run of losses. A run is counted by closes, so an intraday reversal that still closed in the same direction does not break it.
It closed 36.34% below the highest close on record up to that date, which was set on 2011-08-22.