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 26 December 2001, not the current price.See today's gold price (11 September 2026)
Gold closed at $279.70 per troy ounce on 26 December 2001, up $1.700 (0.61%) from the previous close of $278.00.
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 4.64% below the highest gold close recorded up to that date, set on 2001-09-26.
Metal value only, before dealer margins and fabrication.
Twelve months earlier gold traded around $274.10, making this a +2.04% move year on year.
Figures in this section are shown in USD, independent of the currency selected above.
Gold closed at $279.70 per troy ounce on 26 December 2001. That is $1.70 higher than the previous close of $278.00, a move of 0.61%.
The gold price rose on 26 December 2001, gaining $1.70 (0.61%) against the previous session's close of $278.00.
At $279.70 per troy ounce, one gram of pure gold was worth about $8.99 on 26 December 2001. A troy ounce is 31.1034768 grams.
Scrap value follows purity, so on 26 December 2001 18k gold was worth about $6.74 per gram and 14k about $5.25 per gram, against $8.99 for pure 24k. These are melt values before any dealer margin.
The gold-to-silver ratio closed at about 61.7 on 26 December 2001, meaning one ounce of gold was worth roughly 61.7 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 4.64% below the highest close on record up to that date, which was set on 2001-09-26.