Gold price in June 2009: daily prices, high, low and change
Gold closed June 2009 at $927.10 an ounce, down 5.28% on the month. The highest close was $983.20 on 2 Jun and the lowest $920.60 on 22 Jun. Every trading day below, with ranks and context computed from COMEX data.
Gold price chart, June 2009 (daily close and high-low range, US$ per ounce)
Gold line = daily settlement; bars = intraday high to low where available; dashed line = May 2009 close ($978.80).
Daily gold prices in June 2009 (22 trading days)
| Date | Open | High | Low | Close | Change | % change |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Mon 1 Jun | $978.80 | $988.10 | $973.00 | $978.60 | −$0.20 | −0.02% |
| Tue 2 Jun | $974.70 | $986.50 | $969.80 | $983.20 | +$4.60 | +0.47% |
| Wed 3 Jun | $981.70 | $990.30 | $961.00 | $964.50 | −$18.70 | −1.90% |
| Thu 4 Jun best day | $963.60 | $982.00 | $960.90 | $981.20 | +$16.70 | +1.73% |
| Fri 5 Jun | $981.40 | $983.00 | $954.00 | $961.70 | −$19.50 | −1.99% |
| Mon 8 Jun | $958.00 | $960.10 | $944.40 | $951.70 | −$10.00 | −1.04% |
| Tue 9 Jun | $953.50 | $963.70 | $948.40 | $954.00 | +$2.30 | +0.24% |
| Wed 10 Jun | $956.00 | $966.00 | $949.20 | $954.00 | $0.00 | 0.00% |
| Thu 11 Jun | $954.30 | $961.90 | $943.10 | $961.30 | +$7.30 | +0.77% |
| Fri 12 Jun worst day | $955.90 | $956.50 | $935.80 | $940.10 | −$21.20 | −2.21% |
| Mon 15 Jun | $938.50 | $938.50 | $926.90 | $926.90 | −$13.20 | −1.40% |
| Tue 16 Jun | $930.90 | $938.60 | $930.90 | $931.60 | +$4.70 | +0.51% |
| Wed 17 Jun | $931.50 | $937.80 | $930.40 | $935.40 | +$3.80 | +0.41% |
| Thu 18 Jun | $942.00 | $942.00 | $931.00 | $934.00 | −$1.40 | −0.15% |
| Fri 19 Jun | $932.00 | $936.50 | $932.00 | $935.60 | +$1.60 | +0.17% |
| Mon 22 Jun | $925.00 | $926.20 | $919.00 | $920.60 | −$15.00 | −1.60% |
| Tue 23 Jun | $921.90 | $926.50 | $917.30 | $923.90 | +$3.30 | +0.36% |
| Wed 24 Jun | $925.40 | $942.70 | $922.90 | $934.10 | +$10.20 | +1.10% |
| Thu 25 Jun | $932.30 | $939.10 | $932.30 | $939.10 | +$5.00 | +0.54% |
| Fri 26 Jun | $945.30 | $946.00 | $939.60 | $940.70 | +$1.60 | +0.17% |
| Mon 29 Jun | $940.20 | $942.50 | $934.80 | $940.40 | −$0.30 | −0.03% |
| Tue 30 Jun | $941.40 | $943.90 | $925.30 | $927.10 | −$13.30 | −1.41% |
Close = COMEX gold futures settlement in US dollars per troy ounce; change is against the previous trading day's close.
Monthly open, high, low and close
| June 2009 | Open | High | Low | Close | Change |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Settlements | $978.60 | $983.20 | $920.60 | $927.10 | −5.28% |
| Intraday | $978.80 | $990.30 3 Jun | $917.30 23 Jun | $927.10 | — |
Settlements: first, highest, lowest and last daily close of the month (the basis used on the 2009 page and the monthly returns heatmap). Intraday: the highest and lowest traded prices in the daily bars.
Source: COMEX gold futures (GC=F) daily settlements and intraday bars via Yahoo Finance; US CPI (FRED CPIAUCSL) for the inflation adjustment; World Bank Pink Sheet for the monthly London average. Figures are final settlements; sources may occasionally revise historical data.
Gold in June 2009: summary
Gold declined 5.28% in June 2009, from $978.80 at the end of May 2009 to $927.10 an ounce. Settlement prices ranged from $920.60 on 22 June 2009 to $983.20 on 2 June 2009, a spread of $62.60 (6.4%), narrower than the 12.6% average of the previous 12 months. Gold closed higher on 11 of 22 trading days and lower on 10; the strongest session was 4 June 2009 (+1.73%) and the weakest 12 June 2009 (−2.21%).
How June 2009 compares
- Against other Junes: at −5.28%, June 2009 ranks 23rd of 26 Junes since 2001 (best first).
- Against every month: it ranks 288th of 313 months since September 2000, better than 8% of them.
- Range: the gap between the highest and lowest close was $62.60, or 6.4% of the opening level, 0.5× the 12.6% average of the previous 12 months.
- Daily moves: the average day moved 0.83% (up or down), against 1.53% over the previous 12 months, so June 2009 was calmer than usual.
- Streaks: the longest run of higher closes was 4 days and the longest run of lower closes 2 days.
- Bigger picture: at the month-end close gold was +4.92% for 2009 to the end of June and +0.10% over 12 months (against the June 2008 close of $926.20).
- Average price: the mean of the 22 daily closes was $946.35; the World Bank's monthly average of the London (LBMA) price was $946.00.
Across the other 25 completed Junes since 2001, gold averaged −0.70% and rose in 11 of them (44%). June 2009 lagged that average by 4.6 percentage points. The gold seasonality tool shows the same statistics for every calendar month, and the monthly returns heatmap lays out all Junes side by side.
June 2009 in today's dollars
Adjusted for US consumer-price inflation, the $927.10 closing price equals about $1,452 in September 2026 dollars (CPI 214.8 in June 2009 against 336.3 in September 2026, FRED series CPIAUCSL), 57% more than the nominal figure. The gold price history hub restates every year's close on the same basis, and the all-time-high tracker lists every record close in nominal dollars.
Gold price by month in 2009
The gold price in 2009 page has the year's open, high, low and close, and the monthly archive on the gold price history hub explains how these month pages are built.
Frequently asked questions
What was the gold price in June 2009?
Gold closed June 2009 at $927.10 an ounce (COMEX settlement). It opened the month at $978.60 and averaged $946.35 across 22 trading days; the World Bank’s London average for the month was $946.00.
Did gold go up in June 2009?
No. Gold was down 5.28% in June 2009, from $978.80 at the end of May 2009 to $927.10. It closed higher on 11 of 22 days. Among Junes since 2001 it ranks 23rd of 26 (best first).
What was the highest gold price in June 2009?
The highest close was $983.20 on 2 June 2009. The highest intraday price in the daily bars was $990.30 on 3 June 2009.
What was the lowest gold price in June 2009?
The lowest close was $920.60 on 22 June 2009, $62.60 (6.4%) below the month’s highest close. The lowest intraday price was $917.30 on 23 June 2009.
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