Gold price in October 2009: daily prices, high, low and change
Gold closed October 2009 at $1,039.70 an ounce, up 3.14% on the month. The highest close was $1,064.20 on 13 Oct and the lowest $999.50 on 1 Oct. Every trading day below, with ranks and context computed from COMEX data.
Gold price chart, October 2009 (daily close and high-low range, US$ per ounce)
Gold line = daily settlement; bars = intraday high to low where available; dashed line = September 2009 close ($1,008.00); larger dots = new all-time-high closes.
Daily gold prices in October 2009 (22 trading days)
| Date | Open | High | Low | Close | Change | % change |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Thu 1 Oct | $1,007.40 | $1,008.80 | $998.00 | $999.50 | −$8.50 | −0.84% |
| Fri 2 Oct | $998.80 | $1,007.30 | $986.80 | $1,003.20 | +$3.70 | +0.37% |
| Mon 5 Oct | $1,004.10 | $1,017.60 | $1,003.00 | $1,016.70 | +$13.50 | +1.35% |
| Tue 6 Oct ATH, best day | $1,019.50 | $1,043.80 | $1,018.30 | $1,038.60 | +$21.90 | +2.15% |
| Wed 7 Oct ATH | $1,038.30 | $1,048.20 | $1,038.30 | $1,043.30 | +$4.70 | +0.45% |
| Thu 8 Oct ATH | $1,045.80 | $1,060.40 | $1,045.10 | $1,055.40 | +$12.10 | +1.16% |
| Fri 9 Oct | $1,049.30 | $1,051.50 | $1,044.00 | $1,047.80 | −$7.60 | −0.72% |
| Mon 12 Oct ATH | $1,049.00 | $1,058.40 | $1,049.00 | $1,056.70 | +$8.90 | +0.85% |
| Tue 13 Oct ATH | $1,064.00 | $1,068.40 | $1,056.50 | $1,064.20 | +$7.50 | +0.71% |
| Wed 14 Oct | $1,064.00 | $1,070.20 | $1,057.60 | $1,063.90 | −$0.30 | −0.03% |
| Thu 15 Oct worst day | $1,062.20 | $1,062.20 | $1,048.00 | $1,049.80 | −$14.10 | −1.33% |
| Fri 16 Oct | $1,051.50 | $1,056.20 | $1,043.70 | $1,050.70 | +$0.90 | +0.09% |
| Mon 19 Oct | $1,053.60 | $1,061.20 | $1,049.20 | $1,057.30 | +$6.60 | +0.63% |
| Tue 20 Oct | $1,065.50 | $1,066.20 | $1,054.00 | $1,057.80 | +$0.50 | +0.05% |
| Wed 21 Oct | $1,053.70 | $1,064.00 | $1,047.50 | $1,063.70 | +$5.90 | +0.56% |
| Thu 22 Oct | $1,061.20 | $1,061.20 | $1,051.50 | $1,057.80 | −$5.90 | −0.55% |
| Fri 23 Oct | $1,063.80 | $1,065.90 | $1,050.20 | $1,055.60 | −$2.20 | −0.21% |
| Mon 26 Oct | $1,055.60 | $1,055.60 | $1,039.90 | $1,042.10 | −$13.50 | −1.28% |
| Tue 27 Oct | $1,039.50 | $1,042.10 | $1,034.70 | $1,034.70 | −$7.40 | −0.71% |
| Wed 28 Oct | $1,042.10 | $1,042.10 | $1,028.00 | $1,029.90 | −$4.80 | −0.46% |
| Thu 29 Oct | $1,035.20 | $1,047.30 | $1,032.40 | $1,046.40 | +$16.50 | +1.60% |
| Fri 30 Oct | $1,045.50 | $1,045.80 | $1,035.60 | $1,039.70 | −$6.70 | −0.64% |
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
| October 2009 | Open | High | Low | Close | Change |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Settlements | $999.50 | $1,064.20 | $999.50 | $1,039.70 | +3.14% |
| Intraday | $1,007.40 | $1,070.20 14 Oct | $986.80 2 Oct | $1,039.70 | — |
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 October 2009: summary
Gold climbed 3.14% in October 2009, from $1,008.00 at the end of September 2009 to $1,039.70 an ounce. Settlement prices ranged from $999.50 on 1 October 2009 to $1,064.20 on 13 October 2009, a spread of $64.70 (6.4%), narrower than the 10.4% average of the previous 12 months. Gold closed higher on 12 of 22 trading days and lower on 10; the strongest session was 6 October 2009 (+2.15%) and the weakest 15 October 2009 (−1.33%).
Gold set 5 new all-time-high closes in October 2009, the highest at $1,064.20 on 13 October 2009.
How October 2009 compares
- Against other Octobers: at +3.14%, October 2009 ranks 7th of 26 Octobers since 2000 (best first).
- Against every month: it ranks 98th of 313 months since September 2000, better than 69% of them.
- Range: the gap between the highest and lowest close was $64.70, or 6.4% of the opening level, 0.6× the 10.4% average of the previous 12 months.
- Daily moves: the average day moved 0.76% (up or down), against 1.30% over the previous 12 months, so October 2009 was calmer than usual.
- Streaks: the longest run of higher closes was 5 days and the longest run of lower closes 5 days.
- Bigger picture: at the month-end close gold was +17.67% for 2009 to the end of October and +45.05% over 12 months (against the October 2008 close of $716.80).
- Average price: the mean of the 22 daily closes was $1,044.31; the World Bank's monthly average of the London (LBMA) price was $1,043.00.
Across the other 25 completed Octobers since 2000, gold averaged +0.01% and rose in 12 of them (48%). October 2009 beat that average by 3.1 percentage points. The gold seasonality tool shows the same statistics for every calendar month, and the monthly returns heatmap lays out all Octobers side by side.
October 2009 in today's dollars
Adjusted for US consumer-price inflation, the $1,039.70 closing price equals about $1,615 in September 2026 dollars (CPI 216.5 in October 2009 against 336.3 in September 2026, FRED series CPIAUCSL), 55% 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 October 2009?
Gold closed October 2009 at $1,039.70 an ounce (COMEX settlement). It opened the month at $999.50 and averaged $1,044.31 across 22 trading days; the World Bank’s London average for the month was $1,043.00.
Did gold go up in October 2009?
Yes. Gold was up 3.14% in October 2009, from $1,008.00 at the end of September 2009 to $1,039.70. It closed higher on 12 of 22 days. Among Octobers since 2000 it ranks 7th of 26 (best first).
What was the highest gold price in October 2009?
The highest close was $1,064.20 on 13 October 2009. The highest intraday price in the daily bars was $1,070.20 on 14 October 2009. It was a new all-time-high close.
What was the lowest gold price in October 2009?
The lowest close was $999.50 on 1 October 2009, $64.70 (6.4%) below the month’s highest close. The lowest intraday price was $986.80 on 2 October 2009.
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