Gold price in July 2009: daily prices, high, low and change
Gold closed July 2009 at $953.70 an ounce, up 2.87% on the month. The highest close was $954.50 on 23 Jul and the lowest $909.00 on 8 Jul. Every trading day below, with ranks and context computed from COMEX data.
Gold price chart, July 2009 (daily close and high-low range, US$ per ounce)
Gold line = daily settlement; bars = intraday high to low where available; dashed line = June 2009 close ($927.10).
Daily gold prices in July 2009 (22 trading days)
| Date | Open | High | Low | Close | Change | % change |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Wed 1 Jul | $929.30 | $944.20 | $928.00 | $941.00 | +$13.90 | +1.50% |
| Thu 2 Jul | $941.40 | $941.50 | $926.60 | $930.70 | −$10.30 | −1.09% |
| Mon 6 Jul | $933.50 | $933.50 | $920.20 | $924.00 | −$6.70 | −0.72% |
| Tue 7 Jul | $924.20 | $931.70 | $921.20 | $928.80 | +$4.80 | +0.52% |
| Wed 8 Jul worst day | $919.60 | $919.60 | $905.60 | $909.00 | −$19.80 | −2.13% |
| Thu 9 Jul | $907.20 | $917.40 | $907.20 | $915.90 | +$6.90 | +0.76% |
| Fri 10 Jul | $910.70 | $913.50 | $908.50 | $912.20 | −$3.70 | −0.40% |
| Mon 13 Jul | $911.50 | $922.20 | $908.40 | $922.20 | +$10.00 | +1.10% |
| Tue 14 Jul | $920.20 | $926.20 | $920.20 | $922.50 | +$0.30 | +0.03% |
| Wed 15 Jul | $928.90 | $941.00 | $928.30 | $939.10 | +$16.60 | +1.80% |
| Thu 16 Jul | $938.40 | $938.40 | $934.80 | $935.10 | −$4.00 | −0.43% |
| Fri 17 Jul | $936.90 | $937.80 | $931.80 | $937.20 | +$2.10 | +0.22% |
| Mon 20 Jul | — | — | — | $948.50 | +$11.30 | +1.21% |
| Tue 21 Jul | $948.60 | $948.60 | $945.80 | $946.60 | −$1.90 | −0.20% |
| Wed 22 Jul | $949.20 | $953.00 | $946.40 | $953.00 | +$6.40 | +0.68% |
| Thu 23 Jul | — | — | — | $954.50 | +$1.50 | +0.16% |
| Fri 24 Jul | $950.30 | $952.80 | $950.30 | $952.80 | −$1.70 | −0.18% |
| Mon 27 Jul | $955.10 | $957.10 | $953.30 | $953.30 | +$0.50 | +0.05% |
| Tue 28 Jul | $949.50 | $949.50 | $937.50 | $939.00 | −$14.30 | −1.50% |
| Wed 29 Jul | — | — | — | $927.20 | −$11.80 | −1.26% |
| Thu 30 Jul | $929.20 | $937.00 | $928.40 | $934.90 | +$7.70 | +0.83% |
| Fri 31 Jul best day | $934.40 | $958.10 | $932.00 | $953.70 | +$18.80 | +2.01% |
Close = COMEX gold futures settlement in US dollars per troy ounce; change is against the previous trading day's close. Open, high and low are shown as — on 3 days where the source has no usable intraday data (common before 2012, when the front-month contract traded thinly in the data feed).
Monthly open, high, low and close
| July 2009 | Open | High | Low | Close | Change |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Settlements | $941.00 | $954.50 | $909.00 | $953.70 | +2.87% |
| Intraday | $929.30 | $958.10 31 Jul | $905.60 8 Jul | $953.70 | — |
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 July 2009: summary
Gold advanced 2.87% in July 2009, settling the month at $953.70 an ounce against $927.10 at the end of June 2009. Gold closed higher on 13 of 22 trading days and lower on 9; the strongest session was 31 July 2009 (+2.01%) and the weakest 8 July 2009 (−2.13%). Settlement prices ranged from $909.00 on 8 July 2009 to $954.50 on 23 July 2009, a spread of $45.50 (4.9%), narrower than the 12.6% average of the previous 12 months.
How July 2009 compares
- Against other Julys: at +2.87%, July 2009 ranks 7th of 26 Julys since 2001 (best first).
- Against every month: it ranks 104th of 313 months since September 2000, better than 67% of them.
- Range: the gap between the highest and lowest close was $45.50, or 4.9% of the opening level, 0.4× the 12.6% average of the previous 12 months.
- Daily moves: the average day moved 0.85% (up or down), against 1.50% over the previous 12 months, so July 2009 was calmer than usual.
- Streaks: the longest run of higher closes was 3 days and the longest run of lower closes 2 days.
- Bigger picture: at the month-end close gold was +7.93% for 2009 to the end of July and +4.35% over 12 months (against the July 2008 close of $913.90).
- Average price: the mean of the 22 daily closes was $935.51; the World Bank's monthly average of the London (LBMA) price was $934.00.
Across the other 25 completed Julys since 2001, gold averaged +0.85% and rose in 14 of them (56%). July 2009 beat that average by 2.0 percentage points. The gold seasonality tool shows the same statistics for every calendar month, and the monthly returns heatmap lays out all Julys side by side.
July 2009 in today's dollars
Adjusted for US consumer-price inflation, the $953.70 closing price equals about $1,494 in September 2026 dollars (CPI 214.7 in July 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 July 2009?
Gold closed July 2009 at $953.70 an ounce (COMEX settlement). It opened the month at $941.00 and averaged $935.51 across 22 trading days; the World Bank’s London average for the month was $934.00.
Did gold go up in July 2009?
Yes. Gold was up 2.87% in July 2009, from $927.10 at the end of June 2009 to $953.70. It closed higher on 13 of 22 days. Among Julys since 2001 it ranks 7th of 26 (best first).
What was the highest gold price in July 2009?
The highest close was $954.50 on 23 July 2009. The highest intraday price in the daily bars was $958.10 on 31 July 2009.
What was the lowest gold price in July 2009?
The lowest close was $909.00 on 8 July 2009, $45.50 (4.9%) below the month’s highest close. The lowest intraday price was $905.60 on 8 July 2009.
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