Distance from the record
This close sat 1.80% 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 September 2002, not the current price.See today's gold price (11 September 2026)
Gold closed at $321.90 per troy ounce on 20 September 2002, down $0.700 (0.22%) from the previous close of $322.60.
This close sat 1.80% 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 $289.00, making this a +11.38% move year on year.
Figures in this section are shown in USD, independent of the currency selected above.
Gold closed at $321.90 per troy ounce on 20 September 2002. That is $0.70 lower than the previous close of $322.60, a move of -0.22%.
The gold price fell on 20 September 2002, losing $0.70 (0.22%) against the previous session's close of $322.60.
At $321.90 per troy ounce, one gram of pure gold was worth about $10.35 on 20 September 2002. A troy ounce is 31.1034768 grams.
Scrap value follows purity, so on 20 September 2002 18k gold was worth about $7.76 per gram and 14k about $6.04 per gram, against $10.35 for pure 24k. These are melt values before any dealer margin.
The gold-to-silver ratio closed at about 69.5 on 20 September 2002, meaning one ounce of gold was worth roughly 69.5 ounces of silver.
It closed 1.80% below the highest close on record up to that date, which was set on 2002-06-04.