Representative image 
Chennai

Chennai gold price dips by Rs 800, silver costs Rs 290 per gram on March 9, 2026

Planning to buy gold or silver today? Check out the latest rates of these precious metals in Chennai before you head to the jewellers

Online Desk

CHENNAI: Gold price decreased in the city on Monday (March 9), by Rs 800 per sovereign (8 grams), the tenth day of the US-Israel war on Iran.

The yellow metal is priced at Rs 1,19,600 per sovereign and Rs 14,950 per gram, increased by Rs 100.

On March 7, a day earlier, gold cost Rs 1,20,400 per sovereign and 15,050 per gram.

Silver prices remain the same

Silver remains the same as Rs 290 per gram (Rs 2,90,000 per kg) on March 9.

Gold price (22-carat) over the last five days:

March 7, 2026: 1 Sovereign - Rs 1,20,400 | 1 gram - Rs 15,050

March 6, 2026: 1 Sovereign - Rs 1,19,680| 1 gram - Rs 14,960

March 5, 2026: 1 Sovereign - Rs 1,20,960| 1 gram - Rs 15,120

March 4, 2026: 1 Sovereign - Rs 1,21,600| 1 gram - Rs 15,200

March 3, 2026: 1 Sovereign - Rs 1,23,720| 1 gram - Rs 15,465

Silver price over the last five days:

March 7, 2026: 1 gram - Rs 290

March 6, 2026: 1 gram - Rs 290

March 5, 2026: 1 gram - Rs 295

March 4, 2026: 1 gram - Rs 295

March 3, 2026: 1 gram - Rs 315

Chennai: Perceived poor quality, shortages turns people away from water ATMs

Over 2.13 lakh passengers travel as 3,876 buses operated from Chennai for May Day and Chitra Pournami rush

Thangal lake restoration shows cracks before completion

Put on hold for polls, Census preparations in Tamil Nadu to begin in May

Chennai sizzles, touches 40°C for the first time this summer