Highest so far that week
This was the strongest close of the week up to that point.
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This page is a historical record of the gold price in 21 March 2001, not the current price.See today's gold price (11 September 2026)
Gold closed at $261.90 per troy ounce on 21 March 2001, up $1.400 (0.54%) from the previous close of $260.50.
This close extended a run of 3 consecutive sessions of gains. Runs are more informative than any one day inside them: they show direction holding rather than a single session's noise.
This was the strongest close of the week up to that point.
This close sat 5.93% 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 $261.90 per troy ounce on 21 March 2001. That is $1.40 higher than the previous close of $260.50, a move of 0.54%.
The gold price rose on 21 March 2001, gaining $1.40 (0.54%) against the previous session's close of $260.50.
At $261.90 per troy ounce, one gram of pure gold was worth about $8.42 on 21 March 2001. A troy ounce is 31.1034768 grams.
Scrap value follows purity, so on 21 March 2001 18k gold was worth about $6.32 per gram and 14k about $4.91 per gram, against $8.42 for pure 24k. These are melt values before any dealer margin.
The gold-to-silver ratio closed at about 60.6 on 21 March 2001, meaning one ounce of gold was worth roughly 60.6 ounces of silver.
This close was session 3 of a consecutive run of gains. A run is counted by closes, so an intraday reversal that still closed in the same direction does not break it.
It closed 5.93% below the highest close on record up to that date, which was set on 2000-09-27.