Distance from the record
This close sat 3.39% 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 22 February 2002, not the current price.See today's gold price (11 September 2026)
Gold closed at $293.20 per troy ounce on 22 February 2002, unchanged from the previous close of $293.20.
Gold barely moved, closing within 0.00% of the previous session. Flat days are the majority of any price series and are most useful as the baseline the notable days are measured against.
This close sat 3.39% 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 $258.50, making this a +13.42% move year on year.
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Gold closed at $293.20 per troy ounce on 22 February 2002. That is $0.00 higher than the previous close of $293.20, a move of 0.00%.
The gold price was unchanged on 22 February 2002, gaining $0.00 (0.00%) against the previous session's close of $293.20.
At $293.20 per troy ounce, one gram of pure gold was worth about $9.43 on 22 February 2002. A troy ounce is 31.1034768 grams.
Scrap value follows purity, so on 22 February 2002 18k gold was worth about $7.07 per gram and 14k about $5.50 per gram, against $9.43 for pure 24k. These are melt values before any dealer margin.
The gold-to-silver ratio closed at about 66.7 on 22 February 2002, meaning one ounce of gold was worth roughly 66.7 ounces of silver.
A year before 22 February 2002, gold was around $258.50 per troy ounce. The close of $293.20 therefore represents a rise of 13.4% over twelve months.
It closed 3.39% below the highest close on record up to that date, which was set on 2002-02-08.