Distance from the record
This close sat 3.02% below the highest gold close recorded up to that date, set on 2002-06-04.
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This page is a historical record of the gold price in 10 September 2002, not the current price.See today's gold price (11 September 2026)
Gold closed at $317.90 per troy ounce on 10 September 2002, down $3.400 (1.06%) from the previous close of $321.30.
Gold moved the opposite way to the session before it. Single-day reversals are common and usually mean little on their own — what matters is whether the next few sessions follow.
This close sat 3.02% below the highest gold close recorded up to that date, set on 2002-06-04.
Metal value only, before dealer margins and fabrication.
Twelve months earlier gold traded around $271.60, making this a +17.05% move year on year.
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Gold closed at $317.90 per troy ounce on 10 September 2002. That is $3.40 lower than the previous close of $321.30, a move of -1.06%.
The gold price fell on 10 September 2002, losing $3.40 (1.06%) against the previous session's close of $321.30.
At $317.90 per troy ounce, one gram of pure gold was worth about $10.22 on 10 September 2002. A troy ounce is 31.1034768 grams.
Scrap value follows purity, so on 10 September 2002 18k gold was worth about $7.67 per gram and 14k about $5.96 per gram, against $10.22 for pure 24k. These are melt values before any dealer margin.
The gold-to-silver ratio closed at about 69.8 on 10 September 2002, meaning one ounce of gold was worth roughly 69.8 ounces of silver.
A year before 10 September 2002, gold was around $271.60 per troy ounce. The close of $317.90 therefore represents a rise of 17.0% over twelve months.
It closed 3.02% below the highest close on record up to that date, which was set on 2002-06-04.