Distance from the record
This close sat 31.84% 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 May 2014, not the current price.See today's gold price (11 September 2026)
Gold closed at $1,287.30 per troy ounce on 9 May 2014, down $0.100 (0.01%) from the previous close of $1,287.40.
This close extended a run of 4 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 31.84% 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 $1,468.80, making this a -12.36% move year on year.
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Gold closed at $1,287.30 per troy ounce on 9 May 2014. That is $0.10 lower than the previous close of $1,287.40, a move of -0.01%.
The gold price fell on 9 May 2014, losing $0.10 (0.01%) against the previous session's close of $1,287.40.
At $1,287.30 per troy ounce, one gram of pure gold was worth about $41.39 on 9 May 2014. A troy ounce is 31.1034768 grams.
Scrap value follows purity, so on 9 May 2014 18k gold was worth about $31.04 per gram and 14k about $24.14 per gram, against $41.39 for pure 24k. These are melt values before any dealer margin.
The gold-to-silver ratio closed at about 67.5 on 9 May 2014, meaning one ounce of gold was worth roughly 67.5 ounces of silver.
A year before 9 May 2014, gold was around $1,468.80 per troy ounce. The close of $1,287.30 therefore represents a fall of 12.4% over twelve months.
This close was session 4 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 31.84% below the highest close on record up to that date, which was set on 2011-08-22.