Distance from the record
This close sat 3.26% below the highest gold close recorded up to that date, set on 2002-02-08.
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This page is a historical record of the gold price in 13 March 2002, not the current price.See today's gold price (11 September 2026)
Gold closed at $293.60 per troy ounce on 13 March 2002, unchanged from the previous close of $293.60.
Gold barely moved, closing within 0.00% of the previous session. Flat days are the majority of any price series and are most useful as the baseline the notable days are measured against.
This close sat 3.26% below the highest gold close recorded up to that date, set on 2002-02-08.
Metal value only, before dealer margins and fabrication.
Twelve months earlier gold traded around $266.80, making this a +10.04% move year on year.
Figures in this section are shown in USD, independent of the currency selected above.
Gold closed at $293.60 per troy ounce on 13 March 2002. That is $0.00 higher than the previous close of $293.60, a move of 0.00%.
The gold price was unchanged on 13 March 2002, gaining $0.00 (0.00%) against the previous session's close of $293.60.
At $293.60 per troy ounce, one gram of pure gold was worth about $9.44 on 13 March 2002. A troy ounce is 31.1034768 grams.
Scrap value follows purity, so on 13 March 2002 18k gold was worth about $7.08 per gram and 14k about $5.51 per gram, against $9.44 for pure 24k. These are melt values before any dealer margin.
The gold-to-silver ratio closed at about 65.0 on 13 March 2002, meaning one ounce of gold was worth roughly 65.0 ounces of silver.
It closed 3.26% below the highest close on record up to that date, which was set on 2002-02-08.