Distance from the record
This close sat 6.66% below the highest gold close recorded up to that date, set on 2011-08-22.
This page is a historical record of the gold price in 9 October 2012, not the current price.See today's gold price (11 September 2026)
Gold closed at $1,763.00 per troy ounce on 9 October 2012, down $10.50 (0.59%) from the previous close of $1,773.50.
This close extended a run of 3 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 6.66% 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 $1,634.50, making this a +7.86% move year on year.
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Gold closed at $1,763.00 per troy ounce on 9 October 2012. That is $10.50 lower than the previous close of $1,773.50, a move of -0.59%.
The gold price fell on 9 October 2012, losing $10.50 (0.59%) against the previous session's close of $1,773.50.
At $1,763.00 per troy ounce, one gram of pure gold was worth about $56.68 on 9 October 2012. A troy ounce is 31.1034768 grams.
Scrap value follows purity, so on 9 October 2012 18k gold was worth about $42.51 per gram and 14k about $33.06 per gram, against $56.68 for pure 24k. These are melt values before any dealer margin.
The gold-to-silver ratio closed at about 51.9 on 9 October 2012, meaning one ounce of gold was worth roughly 51.9 ounces of silver.
This close was session 3 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 6.66% below the highest close on record up to that date, which was set on 2011-08-22.