Highest so far that year
At the time, no session earlier in the year had closed higher.
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This page is a historical record of the gold price in 10 January 2002, not the current price.See today's gold price (11 September 2026)
Highest closing price since 9 October 2001
Gold closed at $287.10 per troy ounce on 10 January 2002, up $3.700 (1.31%) from the previous close of $283.40.
This close extended a run of 3 consecutive sessions of gains. Runs are more informative than any one day inside them: they show direction holding rather than a single session's noise.
At the time, no session earlier in the year had closed higher.
This close sat 2.11% below the highest gold close recorded up to that date, set on 2001-09-26.
Metal value only, before dealer margins and fabrication.
Twelve months earlier gold traded around $264.70, making this a +8.46% move year on year.
Figures in this section are shown in USD, independent of the currency selected above.
Gold closed at $287.10 per troy ounce on 10 January 2002. That is $3.70 higher than the previous close of $283.40, a move of 1.31%.
The gold price rose on 10 January 2002, gaining $3.70 (1.31%) against the previous session's close of $283.40.
At $287.10 per troy ounce, one gram of pure gold was worth about $9.23 on 10 January 2002. A troy ounce is 31.1034768 grams.
Scrap value follows purity, so on 10 January 2002 18k gold was worth about $6.92 per gram and 14k about $5.38 per gram, against $9.23 for pure 24k. These are melt values before any dealer margin.
The gold-to-silver ratio closed at about 61.2 on 10 January 2002, meaning one ounce of gold was worth roughly 61.2 ounces of silver.
A week before 10 January 2002, gold was around $278.20 per troy ounce, so the close of $287.10 is a gain of 3.2% over the week.
A month before 10 January 2002, gold was around $272.20 per troy ounce, so the close of $287.10 is a gain of 5.5% over the month.
This close was session 3 of a consecutive run of gains. A run is counted by closes, so an intraday reversal that still closed in the same direction does not break it.
It closed 2.11% below the highest close on record up to that date, which was set on 2001-09-26.
The most recent higher close was about 3 months earlier — 63 trading sessions before this one.