Gold price in December 2009: daily prices, high, low and change
Gold closed December 2009 at $1,095.20 an ounce, down 7.27% on the month. The highest close was $1,217.40 on 3 Dec and the lowest $1,086.00 on 22 Dec. Every trading day below, with ranks and context computed from COMEX data.
Gold price chart, December 2009 (daily close and high-low range, US$ per ounce)
Gold line = daily settlement; bars = intraday high to low where available; dashed line = November 2009 close ($1,181.10); larger dots = new all-time-high closes.
Daily gold prices in December 2009 (22 trading days)
| Date | Open | High | Low | Close | Change | % change |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Tue 1 Dec ATH, best day | $1,181.00 | $1,202.70 | $1,176.00 | $1,199.10 | +$18.00 | +1.52% |
| Wed 2 Dec ATH | $1,196.40 | $1,217.30 | $1,196.30 | $1,212.00 | +$12.90 | +1.08% |
| Thu 3 Dec ATH | $1,218.00 | $1,226.40 | $1,204.60 | $1,217.40 | +$5.40 | +0.45% |
| Fri 4 Dec worst day | $1,207.80 | $1,211.20 | $1,147.00 | $1,168.80 | −$48.60 | −3.99% |
| Mon 7 Dec | $1,157.60 | $1,165.50 | $1,136.30 | $1,163.40 | −$5.40 | −0.46% |
| Tue 8 Dec | $1,159.50 | $1,169.30 | $1,125.30 | $1,142.80 | −$20.60 | −1.77% |
| Wed 9 Dec | $1,130.30 | $1,147.00 | $1,116.50 | $1,120.40 | −$22.40 | −1.96% |
| Thu 10 Dec | $1,125.70 | $1,134.80 | $1,122.20 | $1,125.70 | +$5.30 | +0.47% |
| Fri 11 Dec | $1,132.70 | $1,141.40 | $1,110.80 | $1,119.40 | −$6.30 | −0.56% |
| Mon 14 Dec | $1,123.30 | $1,127.50 | $1,114.50 | $1,123.30 | +$3.90 | +0.35% |
| Tue 15 Dec | $1,127.90 | $1,128.60 | $1,111.90 | $1,122.40 | −$0.90 | −0.08% |
| Wed 16 Dec | $1,125.70 | $1,140.00 | $1,122.40 | $1,135.50 | +$13.10 | +1.17% |
| Thu 17 Dec | $1,141.50 | $1,141.50 | $1,095.70 | $1,106.80 | −$28.70 | −2.53% |
| Fri 18 Dec | $1,110.80 | $1,115.20 | $1,097.80 | $1,110.80 | +$4.00 | +0.36% |
| Mon 21 Dec | $1,095.40 | $1,119.20 | $1,090.80 | $1,095.40 | −$15.40 | −1.39% |
| Tue 22 Dec | $1,095.30 | $1,097.40 | $1,075.00 | $1,086.00 | −$9.40 | −0.86% |
| Wed 23 Dec | $1,093.30 | $1,094.60 | $1,080.00 | $1,093.30 | +$7.30 | +0.67% |
| Thu 24 Dec | $1,092.00 | $1,105.30 | $1,092.00 | $1,104.10 | +$10.80 | +0.99% |
| Mon 28 Dec | $1,107.20 | $1,111.90 | $1,102.80 | $1,107.20 | +$3.10 | +0.28% |
| Tue 29 Dec | $1,097.00 | $1,105.20 | $1,097.00 | $1,097.00 | −$10.20 | −0.92% |
| Wed 30 Dec | $1,091.50 | $1,097.10 | $1,086.00 | $1,091.50 | −$5.50 | −0.50% |
| Thu 31 Dec | $1,095.20 | $1,106.10 | $1,094.00 | $1,095.20 | +$3.70 | +0.34% |
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
| December 2009 | Open | High | Low | Close | Change |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Settlements | $1,199.10 | $1,217.40 | $1,086.00 | $1,095.20 | −7.27% |
| Intraday | $1,181.00 | $1,226.40 3 Dec | $1,075.00 22 Dec | $1,095.20 | — |
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 December 2009: summary
Gold plunged 7.27% in December 2009, settling the month at $1,095.20 an ounce against $1,181.10 at the end of November 2009. Settlement prices ranged from $1,086.00 on 22 December 2009 to $1,217.40 on 3 December 2009, a spread of $131.40 (11.1%), wider than the 8.9% average of the previous 12 months. Gold closed higher on 11 of 22 trading days and lower on 11; the strongest session was 1 December 2009 (+1.52%) and the weakest 4 December 2009 (−3.99%).
Gold set 3 new all-time-high closes in December 2009, the highest at $1,217.40 on 3 December 2009. That was the biggest monthly fall since October 2008. It was the month gold first closed above $1,200 (on 2 December 2009).
How December 2009 compares
- Against other Decembers: at −7.27%, December 2009 ranks 25th of 26 Decembers since 2000 (best first).
- Against every month: it ranks 303rd of 313 months since September 2000, better than 3% of them.
- Range: the gap between the highest and lowest close was $131.40, or 11.1% of the opening level, 1.3× the 8.9% average of the previous 12 months.
- Daily moves: the average day moved 1.03% (up or down), against 1.09% over the previous 12 months, so December 2009 was about as volatile as 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 +23.95% for 2009 to the end of December and +23.95% over 12 months (against the December 2008 close of $883.60).
- Average price: the mean of the 22 daily closes was $1,128.98; the World Bank's monthly average of the London (LBMA) price was $1,135.00.
Across the other 25 completed Decembers since 2000, gold averaged +1.80% and rose in 17 of them (68%). December 2009 lagged that average by 9.1 percentage points. The gold seasonality tool shows the same statistics for every calendar month, and the monthly returns heatmap lays out all Decembers side by side.
December 2009 in today's dollars
Adjusted for US consumer-price inflation, the $1,095.20 closing price equals about $1,695 in September 2026 dollars (CPI 217.3 in December 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 December 2009?
Gold closed December 2009 at $1,095.20 an ounce (COMEX settlement). It opened the month at $1,199.10 and averaged $1,128.98 across 22 trading days; the World Bank’s London average for the month was $1,135.00.
Did gold go up in December 2009?
No. Gold was down 7.27% in December 2009, from $1,181.10 at the end of November 2009 to $1,095.20. It closed higher on 11 of 22 days. Among Decembers since 2000 it ranks 25th of 26 (best first).
What was the highest gold price in December 2009?
The highest close was $1,217.40 on 3 December 2009. The highest intraday price in the daily bars was $1,226.40 on 3 December 2009. It was a new all-time-high close.
What was the lowest gold price in December 2009?
The lowest close was $1,086.00 on 22 December 2009, $131.40 (11.1%) below the month’s highest close. The lowest intraday price was $1,075.00 on 22 December 2009.
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