Distance from the record
This close sat 35.71% 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 2017, not the current price.See today's gold price (11 September 2026)
Lowest closing price since 15 March 2017
Gold closed at $1,214.30 per troy ounce on 9 May 2017, down $11.00 (0.90%) from the previous close of $1,225.30.
Notable session: lowest close of the month.
This close sat 35.71% 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 $1,265.60, making this a -4.05% move year on year.
Figures in this section are shown in USD, independent of the currency selected above.
Gold closed at $1,214.30 per troy ounce on 9 May 2017. That is $11.00 lower than the previous close of $1,225.30, a move of -0.90%.
The gold price fell on 9 May 2017, losing $11.00 (0.90%) against the previous session's close of $1,225.30.
At $1,214.30 per troy ounce, one gram of pure gold was worth about $39.04 on 9 May 2017. A troy ounce is 31.1034768 grams.
Scrap value follows purity, so on 9 May 2017 18k gold was worth about $29.28 per gram and 14k about $22.77 per gram, against $39.04 for pure 24k. These are melt values before any dealer margin.
The gold-to-silver ratio closed at about 75.9 on 9 May 2017, meaning one ounce of gold was worth roughly 75.9 ounces of silver.
A week before 9 May 2017, gold was around $1,255.10 per troy ounce, so the close of $1,214.30 is a loss of 3.3% over the week.
It closed 35.71% below the highest close on record up to that date, which was set on 2011-08-22.