Highest so far that month
No earlier session that month closed above this level.
This page is a historical record of the gold price in 24 September 2002, not the current price.See today's gold price (11 September 2026)
Highest closing price since 4 June 2002
Gold closed at $325.90 per troy ounce on 24 September 2002, up $2.900 (0.90%) from the previous close of $323.00.
Notable session: highest close of the month.
No earlier session that month closed above this level.
Metal value only, before dealer margins and fabrication.
Twelve months earlier gold traded around $289.70, making this a +12.50% move year on year.
Figures in this section are shown in USD, independent of the currency selected above.
Gold closed at $325.90 per troy ounce on 24 September 2002. That is $2.90 higher than the previous close of $323.00, a move of 0.90%.
The gold price rose on 24 September 2002, gaining $2.90 (0.90%) against the previous session's close of $323.00.
At $325.90 per troy ounce, one gram of pure gold was worth about $10.48 on 24 September 2002. A troy ounce is 31.1034768 grams.
Scrap value follows purity, so on 24 September 2002 18k gold was worth about $7.86 per gram and 14k about $6.11 per gram, against $10.48 for pure 24k. These are melt values before any dealer margin.
The gold-to-silver ratio closed at about 70.1 on 24 September 2002, meaning one ounce of gold was worth roughly 70.1 ounces of silver.
A week before 24 September 2002, gold was around $317.00 per troy ounce, so the close of $325.90 is a gain of 2.8% over the week.
A month before 24 September 2002, gold was around $306.70 per troy ounce, so the close of $325.90 is a gain of 6.3% over the month.
A year before 24 September 2002, gold was around $289.70 per troy ounce. The close of $325.90 therefore represents a rise of 12.5% over twelve months.
It closed 0.58% below the highest close on record up to that date, which was set on 2002-06-04.
The most recent higher close was about 4 months earlier — 77 trading sessions before this one.