Gold price in November 2009: daily prices, high, low and change
Gold closed November 2009 at $1,181.10 an ounce, up 13.60% on the month. The highest close was $1,186.90 on 25 Nov and the lowest $1,053.40 on 2 Nov. Every trading day below, with ranks and context computed from COMEX data.
Gold price chart, November 2009 (daily close and high-low range, US$ per ounce)
Gold line = daily settlement; bars = intraday high to low where available; dashed line = October 2009 close ($1,039.70); larger dots = new all-time-high closes.
Daily gold prices in November 2009 (20 trading days)
| Date | Open | High | Low | Close | Change | % change |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Mon 2 Nov | $1,053.40 | $1,061.80 | $1,043.50 | $1,053.40 | +$13.70 | +1.32% |
| Tue 3 Nov ATH, best day | $1,084.30 | $1,087.00 | $1,056.80 | $1,084.30 | +$30.90 | +2.93% |
| Wed 4 Nov ATH | $1,086.70 | $1,097.40 | $1,082.20 | $1,086.70 | +$2.40 | +0.22% |
| Thu 5 Nov ATH | $1,088.70 | $1,092.30 | $1,086.00 | $1,088.70 | +$2.00 | +0.18% |
| Fri 6 Nov ATH | $1,095.10 | $1,100.00 | $1,090.20 | $1,095.10 | +$6.40 | +0.59% |
| Mon 9 Nov ATH | $1,098.60 | $1,109.30 | $1,098.60 | $1,100.80 | +$5.70 | +0.52% |
| Tue 10 Nov ATH | $1,100.90 | $1,108.60 | $1,098.20 | $1,101.90 | +$1.10 | +0.10% |
| Wed 11 Nov ATH | $1,114.00 | $1,117.60 | $1,106.30 | $1,114.00 | +$12.10 | +1.10% |
| Thu 12 Nov | $1,106.00 | $1,121.30 | $1,104.30 | $1,106.00 | −$8.00 | −0.72% |
| Fri 13 Nov ATH | $1,116.10 | $1,118.20 | $1,105.00 | $1,116.10 | +$10.10 | +0.91% |
| Mon 16 Nov ATH | $1,138.60 | $1,140.50 | $1,127.20 | $1,138.60 | +$22.50 | +2.02% |
| Tue 17 Nov ATH | $1,138.80 | $1,140.40 | $1,131.30 | $1,138.80 | +$0.20 | +0.02% |
| Wed 18 Nov ATH | $1,140.70 | $1,149.40 | $1,136.50 | $1,140.70 | +$1.90 | +0.17% |
| Thu 19 Nov ATH | $1,141.40 | $1,144.80 | $1,135.50 | $1,141.40 | +$0.70 | +0.06% |
| Fri 20 Nov ATH | $1,146.40 | $1,147.90 | $1,137.30 | $1,146.40 | +$5.00 | +0.44% |
| Mon 23 Nov ATH | — | — | — | $1,164.30 | +$17.90 | +1.56% |
| Tue 24 Nov ATH | — | — | — | $1,165.50 | +$1.20 | +0.10% |
| Wed 25 Nov ATH | — | — | — | $1,186.90 | +$21.40 | +1.84% |
| Fri 27 Nov worst day | $1,190.80 | $1,195.00 | $1,130.10 | $1,174.20 | −$12.70 | −1.07% |
| Mon 30 Nov | $1,179.90 | $1,183.70 | $1,163.70 | $1,181.10 | +$6.90 | +0.59% |
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
| November 2009 | Open | High | Low | Close | Change |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Settlements | $1,053.40 | $1,186.90 | $1,053.40 | $1,181.10 | +13.60% |
| Intraday | $1,053.40 | $1,195.00 27 Nov | $1,043.50 2 Nov | $1,181.10 | — |
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 November 2009: summary
Gold surged 13.60% in November 2009, from $1,039.70 at the end of October 2009 to $1,181.10 an ounce. Gold closed higher on 18 of 20 trading days and lower on 2; the strongest session was 3 November 2009 (+2.93%) and the weakest 27 November 2009 (−1.07%). Settlement prices ranged from $1,053.40 on 2 November 2009 to $1,186.90 on 25 November 2009, a spread of $133.50 (12.8%), wider than the 9.1% average of the previous 12 months.
Gold set 16 new all-time-high closes in November 2009, the highest at $1,186.90 on 25 November 2009. It was the month gold first closed above $1,100 (on 9 November 2009). On the monthly change, November 2009 was the 2nd-best November of the 26 since 2000.
How November 2009 compares
- Against other Novembers: at +13.60%, November 2009 ranks 2nd of 26 Novembers since 2000 (best first).
- Against every month: it ranks 2nd of 313 months since September 2000, better than 100% of them.
- Range: the gap between the highest and lowest close was $133.50, or 12.8% of the opening level, 1.4× the 9.1% average of the previous 12 months.
- Daily moves: the average day moved 0.82% (up or down), against 1.18% over the previous 12 months, so November 2009 was calmer than usual.
- Streaks: the longest run of higher closes was 9 days and the longest run of lower closes 1 day.
- Bigger picture: at the month-end close gold was +33.67% for 2009 to the end of November and +44.71% over 12 months (against the November 2008 close of $816.20).
- Average price: the mean of the 20 daily closes was $1,126.24; the World Bank's monthly average of the London (LBMA) price was $1,127.00.
Across the other 25 completed Novembers since 2000, gold averaged +0.84% and rose in 14 of them (56%). November 2009 beat that average by 12.8 percentage points. The gold seasonality tool shows the same statistics for every calendar month, and the monthly returns heatmap lays out all Novembers side by side.
November 2009 in today's dollars
Adjusted for US consumer-price inflation, the $1,181.10 closing price equals about $1,828 in September 2026 dollars (CPI 217.2 in November 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 November 2009?
Gold closed November 2009 at $1,181.10 an ounce (COMEX settlement). It opened the month at $1,053.40 and averaged $1,126.24 across 20 trading days; the World Bank’s London average for the month was $1,127.00.
Did gold go up in November 2009?
Yes. Gold was up 13.60% in November 2009, from $1,039.70 at the end of October 2009 to $1,181.10. It closed higher on 18 of 20 days. Among Novembers since 2000 it ranks 2nd of 26 (best first).
What was the highest gold price in November 2009?
The highest close was $1,186.90 on 25 November 2009. The highest intraday price in the daily bars was $1,195.00 on 27 November 2009. It was a new all-time-high close.
What was the lowest gold price in November 2009?
The lowest close was $1,053.40 on 2 November 2009, $133.50 (12.8%) below the month’s highest close. The lowest intraday price was $1,043.50 on 2 November 2009.
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