Highest so far that month
No earlier session that month closed above this level.
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This page is a historical record of the gold price in 27 February 2001, not the current price.See today's gold price (11 September 2026)
Highest closing price since 9 January 2001
Gold closed at $267.40 per troy ounce on 27 February 2001, up $1.600 (0.60%) from the previous close of $265.80.
Notable session: highest close of the month.
This close extended a run of 5 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.
No earlier session that month closed above this level.
This close sat 3.95% below the highest gold close recorded up to that date, set on 2000-09-27.
Metal value only, before dealer margins and fabrication.
Figures in this section are shown in USD, independent of the currency selected above.
Gold closed at $267.40 per troy ounce on 27 February 2001. That is $1.60 higher than the previous close of $265.80, a move of 0.60%.
The gold price rose on 27 February 2001, gaining $1.60 (0.60%) against the previous session's close of $265.80.
At $267.40 per troy ounce, one gram of pure gold was worth about $8.60 on 27 February 2001. A troy ounce is 31.1034768 grams.
Scrap value follows purity, so on 27 February 2001 18k gold was worth about $6.45 per gram and 14k about $5.01 per gram, against $8.60 for pure 24k. These are melt values before any dealer margin.
The gold-to-silver ratio closed at about 60.6 on 27 February 2001, meaning one ounce of gold was worth roughly 60.6 ounces of silver.
A week before 27 February 2001, gold was around $256.10 per troy ounce, so the close of $267.40 is a gain of 4.4% over the week.
This close was session 5 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 3.95% below the highest close on record up to that date, which was set on 2000-09-27.