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This page is a historical record of the gold price in 2 October 2020, not the current price.See today's gold price (11 September 2026)
Highest closing price since 21 September 2020
Gold closed at $1,900.20 per troy ounce on 2 October 2020, up $22.80 (1.21%) from the previous close of $1,877.40.
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 7.38% below the highest gold close recorded up to that date, set on 2020-08-06.
Metal value only, before dealer margins and fabrication.
Twelve months earlier gold traded around $1,501.00, making this a +26.60% move year on year.
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Gold closed at $1,900.20 per troy ounce on 2 October 2020. That is $22.80 higher than the previous close of $1,877.40, a move of 1.21%.
The gold price rose on 2 October 2020, gaining $22.80 (1.21%) against the previous session's close of $1,877.40.
At $1,900.20 per troy ounce, one gram of pure gold was worth about $61.09 on 2 October 2020. A troy ounce is 31.1034768 grams.
Scrap value follows purity, so on 2 October 2020 18k gold was worth about $45.82 per gram and 14k about $35.64 per gram, against $61.09 for pure 24k. These are melt values before any dealer margin.
The gold-to-silver ratio closed at about 79.3 on 2 October 2020, meaning one ounce of gold was worth roughly 79.3 ounces of silver.
A week before 2 October 2020, gold was around $1,857.70 per troy ounce, so the close of $1,900.20 is a gain of 2.3% over the week.
A year before 2 October 2020, gold was around $1,501.00 per troy ounce. The close of $1,900.20 therefore represents a rise of 26.6% over twelve months.
It closed 7.38% below the highest close on record up to that date, which was set on 2020-08-06.