Distance from the record
This close sat 1.58% below the highest gold close recorded up to that date, set on 2000-08-31.
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This page is a historical record of the gold price in 26 September 2000, not the current price.See today's gold price (11 September 2026)
Gold closed at $273.90 per troy ounce on 26 September 2000, down $0.200 (0.07%) from the previous close of $274.10.
Gold barely moved, closing within 0.07% 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 1.58% below the highest gold close recorded up to that date, set on 2000-08-31.
Metal value only, before dealer margins and fabrication.
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Gold closed at $273.90 per troy ounce on 26 September 2000. That is $0.20 lower than the previous close of $274.10, a move of -0.07%.
The gold price fell on 26 September 2000, losing $0.20 (0.07%) against the previous session's close of $274.10.
At $273.90 per troy ounce, one gram of pure gold was worth about $8.81 on 26 September 2000. A troy ounce is 31.1034768 grams.
Scrap value follows purity, so on 26 September 2000 18k gold was worth about $6.60 per gram and 14k about $5.14 per gram, against $8.81 for pure 24k. These are melt values before any dealer margin.
The gold-to-silver ratio closed at about 55.5 on 26 September 2000, meaning one ounce of gold was worth roughly 55.5 ounces of silver.
It closed 1.58% below the highest close on record up to that date, which was set on 2000-08-31.