Distance from the record
This close sat 1.71% 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 September 2011, not the current price.See today's gold price (11 September 2026)
Gold closed at $1,856.40 per troy ounce on 9 September 2011, up $2.000 (0.11%) from the previous close of $1,854.40.
Gold barely moved, closing within 0.11% of the previous session. Flat days are the majority of any price series and are most useful as the baseline the notable days are measured against.
This close sat 1.71% below the highest gold close recorded up to that date, set on 2011-08-22.
One of the ten highest gold closes of that year, ranking 5 of 246 sessions.
Metal value only, before dealer margins and fabrication.
Twelve months earlier gold traded around $1,248.90, making this a +48.64% move year on year.
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Gold closed at $1,856.40 per troy ounce on 9 September 2011. That is $2.00 higher than the previous close of $1,854.40, a move of 0.11%.
The gold price rose on 9 September 2011, gaining $2.00 (0.11%) against the previous session's close of $1,854.40.
At $1,856.40 per troy ounce, one gram of pure gold was worth about $59.68 on 9 September 2011. A troy ounce is 31.1034768 grams.
Scrap value follows purity, so on 9 September 2011 18k gold was worth about $44.76 per gram and 14k about $34.82 per gram, against $59.68 for pure 24k. These are melt values before any dealer margin.
The gold-to-silver ratio closed at about 44.7 on 9 September 2011, meaning one ounce of gold was worth roughly 44.7 ounces of silver.
A month before 9 September 2011, gold was around $1,740.00 per troy ounce, so the close of $1,856.40 is a gain of 6.7% over the month.
A year before 9 September 2011, gold was around $1,248.90 per troy ounce. The close of $1,856.40 therefore represents a rise of 48.6% over twelve months.
It closed 1.71% below the highest close on record up to that date, which was set on 2011-08-22.