Distance from the record
This close sat 3.69% below the highest gold close recorded up to that date, set on 2002-02-08.
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This page is a historical record of the gold price in 20 February 2002, not the current price.See today's gold price (11 September 2026)
Lowest closing price since 4 February 2002
Gold closed at $292.30 per troy ounce on 20 February 2002, down $0.900 (0.31%) from the previous close of $293.20.
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 close sat 3.69% below the highest gold close recorded up to that date, set on 2002-02-08.
Metal value only, before dealer margins and fabrication.
Twelve months earlier gold traded around $256.10, making this a +14.14% move year on year.
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Gold closed at $292.30 per troy ounce on 20 February 2002. That is $0.90 lower than the previous close of $293.20, a move of -0.31%.
The gold price fell on 20 February 2002, losing $0.90 (0.31%) against the previous session's close of $293.20.
At $292.30 per troy ounce, one gram of pure gold was worth about $9.40 on 20 February 2002. A troy ounce is 31.1034768 grams.
Scrap value follows purity, so on 20 February 2002 18k gold was worth about $7.05 per gram and 14k about $5.48 per gram, against $9.40 for pure 24k. These are melt values before any dealer margin.
The gold-to-silver ratio closed at about 66.5 on 20 February 2002, meaning one ounce of gold was worth roughly 66.5 ounces of silver.
A week before 20 February 2002, gold was around $299.40 per troy ounce, so the close of $292.30 is a loss of 2.4% over the week.
A year before 20 February 2002, gold was around $256.10 per troy ounce. The close of $292.30 therefore represents a rise of 14.1% over twelve months.
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 3.69% below the highest close on record up to that date, which was set on 2002-02-08.