Historical Year Data · 2009

Gold Futures Open Interest in 2009

Gold Futures Open Interest opened 2009 at 320,391 and closed at 491,712, a +53.47% move for the year. The high of 533,119 was reached on November 17, and the low of 318,185 on January 13.

Open

320,391

2009-01

491,712

52 data points

High

533,119

Nov 17

Low

318,185

Jan 13

Full Year Change

+53.47%

2008 Change

-46.19%

Monthly Breakdown

Month	Open	Close	High	Low	Change
Jan	320,391	354,191	354,191	318,185	+10.55%
Feb	346,288	372,697	372,697	346,288	+7.63%
Mar	365,271	368,618	387,177	365,271	+0.92%
Apr	344,929	343,037	344,929	336,930	-0.55%
May	341,461	396,965	396,965	341,461	+16.25%
Jun	391,057	379,199	391,057	370,347	-3.03%
Jul	372,985	386,340	390,939	370,509	+3.58%
Aug	392,834	379,629	392,834	373,810	-3.36%
Sep	384,703	454,585	467,892	384,703	+18.17%
Oct	484,307	497,479	509,678	484,307	+2.72%
Nov	493,991	521,253	533,119	493,991	+5.52%
Dec	521,433	491,712	521,433	491,712	-5.70%

Events During 2009

2008 Financial Crisis

Deflation

September 2007 – March 2009

The 2008 Financial Crisis remains the deepest and most instructive market event of the 21st century. Subprime losses cascaded through leveraged balance sheets, froze interbank lending, and forced unprecedented central bank intervention.

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