Distance from the record
This close sat 3.17% below the highest gold close recorded up to that date, set on 2002-06-04.
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This page is a historical record of the gold price in 20 November 2002, not the current price.See today's gold price (11 September 2026)
Lowest closing price since 1 November 2002
Gold closed at $317.40 per troy ounce on 20 November 2002, down $1.200 (0.38%) from the previous close of $318.60.
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 3.17% below the highest gold close recorded up to that date, set on 2002-06-04.
Metal value only, before dealer margins and fabrication.
Twelve months earlier gold traded around $273.00, making this a +16.26% move year on year.
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Gold closed at $317.40 per troy ounce on 20 November 2002. That is $1.20 lower than the previous close of $318.60, a move of -0.38%.
The gold price fell on 20 November 2002, losing $1.20 (0.38%) against the previous session's close of $318.60.
At $317.40 per troy ounce, one gram of pure gold was worth about $10.20 on 20 November 2002. A troy ounce is 31.1034768 grams.
Scrap value follows purity, so on 20 November 2002 18k gold was worth about $7.65 per gram and 14k about $5.95 per gram, against $10.20 for pure 24k. These are melt values before any dealer margin.
The gold-to-silver ratio closed at about 70.0 on 20 November 2002, meaning one ounce of gold was worth roughly 70.0 ounces of silver.
A year before 20 November 2002, gold was around $273.00 per troy ounce. The close of $317.40 therefore represents a rise of 16.3% 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 3.17% below the highest close on record up to that date, which was set on 2002-06-04.