Distance from the record
This close sat 1.94% below the highest gold close recorded up to that date, set on 2000-08-31.
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This page is a historical record of the gold price in 12 September 2000, not the current price.See today's gold price (11 September 2026)
Gold's lowest closing price on record
Gold closed at $272.90 per troy ounce on 12 September 2000, down $0.200 (0.07%) from the previous close of $273.10.
No earlier session closed lower. Lows on this scale usually mark the end of a long decline rather than a single bad day, so the surrounding weeks carry more information than this close alone.
This close sat 1.94% below the highest gold close recorded up to that date, set on 2000-08-31.
Metal value only, before dealer margins and fabrication.
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Gold closed at $272.90 per troy ounce on 12 September 2000. That is $0.20 lower than the previous close of $273.10, a move of -0.07%.
The gold price fell on 12 September 2000, losing $0.20 (0.07%) against the previous session's close of $273.10.
At $272.90 per troy ounce, one gram of pure gold was worth about $8.77 on 12 September 2000. A troy ounce is 31.1034768 grams.
Scrap value follows purity, so on 12 September 2000 18k gold was worth about $6.58 per gram and 14k about $5.12 per gram, against $8.77 for pure 24k. These are melt values before any dealer margin.
The gold-to-silver ratio closed at about 55.6 on 12 September 2000, meaning one ounce of gold was worth roughly 55.6 ounces of silver.
Yes. No earlier session had closed lower at the time. The series has moved since, so this describes the record as it stood on that date.
This close was session 5 of a consecutive run of losses. A run is counted by closes, so an intraday reversal that still closed in the same direction does not break it.
It closed 1.94% below the highest close on record up to that date, which was set on 2000-08-31.