Highest so far that month
No earlier session that month closed above this level.
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This page is a historical record of the gold price in 17 August 2001, not the current price.See today's gold price (11 September 2026)
Highest closing price since 23 May 2001
Gold closed at $279.30 per troy ounce on 17 August 2001, up $4.100 (1.49%) from the previous close of $275.20.
Notable session: highest close of the month.
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.
No earlier session that month closed above this level.
This close sat 2.82% below the highest gold close recorded up to that date, set on 2001-05-18.
Metal value only, before dealer margins and fabrication.
Figures in this section are shown in USD, independent of the currency selected above.
Gold closed at $279.30 per troy ounce on 17 August 2001. That is $4.10 higher than the previous close of $275.20, a move of 1.49%.
The gold price rose on 17 August 2001, gaining $4.10 (1.49%) against the previous session's close of $275.20.
At $279.30 per troy ounce, one gram of pure gold was worth about $8.98 on 17 August 2001. A troy ounce is 31.1034768 grams.
Scrap value follows purity, so on 17 August 2001 18k gold was worth about $6.73 per gram and 14k about $5.24 per gram, against $8.98 for pure 24k. These are melt values before any dealer margin.
The gold-to-silver ratio closed at about 65.6 on 17 August 2001, meaning one ounce of gold was worth roughly 65.6 ounces of silver.
It closed 2.82% below the highest close on record up to that date, which was set on 2001-05-18.
The most recent higher close was about 3 months earlier — 60 trading sessions before this one.