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One of the ten highest gold closes of that year, ranking 5 of 248 sessions.
This page is a historical record of the gold price in 27 September 2001, not the current price.See today's gold price (11 September 2026)
Gold closed at $291.70 per troy ounce on 27 September 2001, down $1.600 (0.55%) from the previous close of $293.30.
One of the ten highest gold closes of that year, ranking 5 of 248 sessions.
Metal value only, before dealer margins and fabrication.
Twelve months earlier gold traded around $278.40, making this a +4.78% move year on year.
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Gold closed at $291.70 per troy ounce on 27 September 2001. That is $1.60 lower than the previous close of $293.30, a move of -0.55%.
The gold price fell on 27 September 2001, losing $1.60 (0.55%) against the previous session's close of $293.30.
At $291.70 per troy ounce, one gram of pure gold was worth about $9.38 on 27 September 2001. A troy ounce is 31.1034768 grams.
Scrap value follows purity, so on 27 September 2001 18k gold was worth about $7.03 per gram and 14k about $5.47 per gram, against $9.38 for pure 24k. These are melt values before any dealer margin.
The gold-to-silver ratio closed at about 63.7 on 27 September 2001, meaning one ounce of gold was worth roughly 63.7 ounces of silver.
A month before 27 September 2001, gold was around $272.60 per troy ounce, so the close of $291.70 is a gain of 7.0% over the month.
It closed 0.55% below the highest close on record up to that date, which was set on 2001-09-26.