Highest so far that year
At the time, no session earlier in the year had closed higher.
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This page is a historical record of the gold price in 2 January 2001, not the current price.See today's gold price (11 September 2026)
Gold closed at $268.40 per troy ounce on 2 January 2001, up $2.800 (1.05%) from the previous close of $265.60.
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.
At the time, no session earlier in the year had closed higher.
This close sat 3.59% below the highest gold close recorded up to that date, set on 2000-09-27.
Metal value only, before dealer margins and fabrication.
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Gold closed at $268.40 per troy ounce on 2 January 2001. That is $2.80 higher than the previous close of $265.60, a move of 1.05%.
The gold price rose on 2 January 2001, gaining $2.80 (1.05%) against the previous session's close of $265.60.
At $268.40 per troy ounce, one gram of pure gold was worth about $8.63 on 2 January 2001. A troy ounce is 31.1034768 grams.
Scrap value follows purity, so on 2 January 2001 18k gold was worth about $6.47 per gram and 14k about $5.03 per gram, against $8.63 for pure 24k. These are melt values before any dealer margin.
The gold-to-silver ratio closed at about 59.1 on 2 January 2001, meaning one ounce of gold was worth roughly 59.1 ounces of silver.
A week before 2 January 2001, gold was around $274.10 per troy ounce, so the close of $268.40 is a loss of 2.1% over the week.
It closed 3.59% below the highest close on record up to that date, which was set on 2000-09-27.