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This page is a historical record of the gold price in 2 March 2001, not the current price.See today's gold price (11 September 2026)
Gold closed at $262.10 per troy ounce on 2 March 2001, up $4.200 (1.63%) from the previous close of $257.90.
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 5.85% 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 $262.10 per troy ounce on 2 March 2001. That is $4.20 higher than the previous close of $257.90, a move of 1.63%.
The gold price rose on 2 March 2001, gaining $4.20 (1.63%) against the previous session's close of $257.90.
At $262.10 per troy ounce, one gram of pure gold was worth about $8.43 on 2 March 2001. A troy ounce is 31.1034768 grams.
Scrap value follows purity, so on 2 March 2001 18k gold was worth about $6.32 per gram and 14k about $4.92 per gram, against $8.43 for pure 24k. These are melt values before any dealer margin.
The gold-to-silver ratio closed at about 59.3 on 2 March 2001, meaning one ounce of gold was worth roughly 59.3 ounces of silver.
It closed 5.85% below the highest close on record up to that date, which was set on 2000-09-27.