Highest so far that week
This was the strongest close of the week up to that point.
This page is a historical record of the gold price in 14 January 2002, not the current price.See today's gold price (11 September 2026)
Gold closed at $285.40 per troy ounce on 14 January 2002, down $2.000 (0.70%) from the previous close of $287.40.
This was the strongest close of the week up to that point.
This close sat 2.69% 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 $263.90, making this a +8.15% move year on year.
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Gold closed at $285.40 per troy ounce on 14 January 2002. That is $2.00 lower than the previous close of $287.40, a move of -0.70%.
The gold price fell on 14 January 2002, losing $2.00 (0.70%) against the previous session's close of $287.40.
At $285.40 per troy ounce, one gram of pure gold was worth about $9.18 on 14 January 2002. A troy ounce is 31.1034768 grams.
Scrap value follows purity, so on 14 January 2002 18k gold was worth about $6.88 per gram and 14k about $5.35 per gram, against $9.18 for pure 24k. These are melt values before any dealer margin.
The gold-to-silver ratio closed at about 63.3 on 14 January 2002, meaning one ounce of gold was worth roughly 63.3 ounces of silver.
A week before 14 January 2002, gold was around $278.60 per troy ounce, so the close of $285.40 is a gain of 2.4% over the week.
It closed 2.69% below the highest close on record up to that date, which was set on 2001-09-26.