Highest so far that week
This was the strongest close of the week up to that point.
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This page is a historical record of the gold price in 19 November 2001, not the current price.See today's gold price (11 September 2026)
Lowest closing price since 10 September 2001
Gold closed at $272.70 per troy ounce on 19 November 2001, down $2.000 (0.73%) from the previous close of $274.70.
This close extended a run of 3 consecutive sessions of losses. Runs are more informative than any one day inside them: they show direction holding rather than a single session's noise.
This was the strongest close of the week up to that point.
This close sat 7.02% 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 $265.70, making this a +2.63% move year on year.
Figures in this section are shown in USD, independent of the currency selected above.
Gold closed at $272.70 per troy ounce on 19 November 2001. That is $2.00 lower than the previous close of $274.70, a move of -0.73%.
The gold price fell on 19 November 2001, losing $2.00 (0.73%) against the previous session's close of $274.70.
At $272.70 per troy ounce, one gram of pure gold was worth about $8.77 on 19 November 2001. A troy ounce is 31.1034768 grams.
Scrap value follows purity, so on 19 November 2001 18k gold was worth about $6.58 per gram and 14k about $5.11 per gram, against $8.77 for pure 24k. These are melt values before any dealer margin.
The gold-to-silver ratio closed at about 67.2 on 19 November 2001, meaning one ounce of gold was worth roughly 67.2 ounces of silver.
A week before 19 November 2001, gold was around $278.30 per troy ounce, so the close of $272.70 is a loss of 2.0% over the week.
This close was session 3 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 7.02% below the highest close on record up to that date, which was set on 2001-09-26.