Gold price in August 2009: daily prices, high, low and change
Gold closed August 2009 at $951.70 an ounce, down 0.21% on the month. The highest close was $967.50 on 4 Aug and the lowest $934.30 on 17 Aug. Every trading day below, with ranks and context computed from COMEX data.
Gold price chart, August 2009 (daily close and high-low range, US$ per ounce)
Gold line = daily settlement; bars = intraday high to low where available; dashed line = July 2009 close ($953.70).
Daily gold prices in August 2009 (21 trading days)
| Date | Open | High | Low | Close | Change | % change |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Mon 3 Aug | $952.60 | $964.00 | $952.40 | $956.60 | +$2.90 | +0.30% |
| Tue 4 Aug | $956.60 | $969.50 | $950.80 | $967.50 | +$10.90 | +1.14% |
| Wed 5 Aug | $967.60 | $968.10 | $959.80 | $964.20 | −$3.30 | −0.34% |
| Thu 6 Aug | $964.10 | $971.10 | $956.50 | $960.70 | −$3.50 | −0.36% |
| Fri 7 Aug | $964.30 | $964.30 | $954.60 | $957.30 | −$3.40 | −0.35% |
| Mon 10 Aug | $955.00 | $956.10 | $943.50 | $945.00 | −$12.30 | −1.28% |
| Tue 11 Aug | $947.20 | $949.70 | $943.10 | $945.80 | +$0.80 | +0.08% |
| Wed 12 Aug | $947.50 | $951.50 | $943.00 | $950.70 | +$4.90 | +0.52% |
| Thu 13 Aug | $952.60 | $960.10 | $952.30 | $954.70 | +$4.00 | +0.42% |
| Fri 14 Aug | $957.40 | $957.40 | $942.10 | $947.00 | −$7.70 | −0.81% |
| Mon 17 Aug worst day | $947.40 | $947.40 | $931.50 | $934.30 | −$12.70 | −1.34% |
| Tue 18 Aug | $938.60 | $938.60 | $935.50 | $937.70 | +$3.40 | +0.36% |
| Wed 19 Aug | $941.80 | $944.90 | $933.40 | $943.30 | +$5.60 | +0.60% |
| Thu 20 Aug | $942.90 | $945.70 | $940.10 | $940.30 | −$3.00 | −0.32% |
| Fri 21 Aug best day | $957.00 | $957.60 | $952.60 | $953.20 | +$12.90 | +1.37% |
| Mon 24 Aug | $953.50 | $957.00 | $941.30 | $942.30 | −$10.90 | −1.14% |
| Tue 25 Aug | $946.30 | $954.50 | $943.50 | $944.50 | +$2.20 | +0.23% |
| Wed 26 Aug | $947.50 | $948.20 | $940.30 | $944.30 | −$0.20 | −0.02% |
| Thu 27 Aug | $944.20 | $949.40 | $942.90 | $945.50 | +$1.20 | +0.13% |
| Fri 28 Aug | $949.30 | $962.20 | $948.10 | $957.00 | +$11.50 | +1.22% |
| Mon 31 Aug | $959.50 | $959.50 | $944.80 | $951.70 | −$5.30 | −0.55% |
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
| August 2009 | Open | High | Low | Close | Change |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Settlements | $956.60 | $967.50 | $934.30 | $951.70 | −0.21% |
| Intraday | $952.60 | $971.10 6 Aug | $931.50 17 Aug | $951.70 | — |
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 August 2009: summary
Gold ended roughly flat 0.21% in August 2009, closing the month at $951.70 an ounce against $953.70 at the end of July 2009. Gold closed higher on 11 of 21 trading days and lower on 10; the strongest session was 21 August 2009 (+1.37%) and the weakest 17 August 2009 (−1.34%). Settlement prices ranged from $934.30 on 17 August 2009 to $967.50 on 4 August 2009, a spread of $33.20 (3.5%), narrower than the 12.3% average of the previous 12 months.
How August 2009 compares
- Against other Augusts: at −0.21%, August 2009 ranks 20th of 26 Augusts since 2001 (best first).
- Against every month: it ranks 178th of 313 months since September 2000, better than 43% of them.
- Range: the gap between the highest and lowest close was $33.20, or 3.5% of the opening level, 0.3× the 12.3% average of the previous 12 months.
- Daily moves: the average day moved 0.61% (up or down), against 1.49% over the previous 12 months, so August 2009 was calmer than usual.
- Streaks: the longest run of higher closes was 3 days and the longest run of lower closes 4 days.
- Bigger picture: at the month-end close gold was +7.71% for 2009 to the end of August and +14.76% over 12 months (against the August 2008 close of $829.30).
- Average price: the mean of the 21 daily closes was $949.70; the World Bank's monthly average of the London (LBMA) price was $949.00.
Across the other 25 completed Augusts since 2001, gold averaged +2.61% and rose in 19 of them (76%). August 2009 lagged that average by 2.8 percentage points. The gold seasonality tool shows the same statistics for every calendar month, and the monthly returns heatmap lays out all Augusts side by side.
August 2009 in today's dollars
Adjusted for US consumer-price inflation, the $951.70 closing price equals about $1,486 in September 2026 dollars (CPI 215.4 in August 2009 against 336.3 in September 2026, FRED series CPIAUCSL), 56% 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 August 2009?
Gold closed August 2009 at $951.70 an ounce (COMEX settlement). It opened the month at $956.60 and averaged $949.70 across 21 trading days; the World Bank’s London average for the month was $949.00.
Did gold go up in August 2009?
No. Gold was down 0.21% in August 2009, from $953.70 at the end of July 2009 to $951.70. It closed higher on 11 of 21 days. Among Augusts since 2001 it ranks 20th of 26 (best first).
What was the highest gold price in August 2009?
The highest close was $967.50 on 4 August 2009. The highest intraday price in the daily bars was $971.10 on 6 August 2009.
What was the lowest gold price in August 2009?
The lowest close was $934.30 on 17 August 2009, $33.20 (3.5%) below the month’s highest close. The lowest intraday price was $931.50 on 17 August 2009.
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