Distance from the record
This close sat 5.73% below the highest gold close recorded up to that date, set on 2001-09-26.
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This page is a historical record of the gold price in 28 December 2001, not the current price.See today's gold price (11 September 2026)
Gold closed at $276.50 per troy ounce on 28 December 2001, down $0.900 (0.32%) from the previous close of $277.40.
This close sat 5.73% 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 $271.70, making this a +1.77% move year on year.
Figures in this section are shown in USD, independent of the currency selected above.
Gold closed at $276.50 per troy ounce on 28 December 2001. That is $0.90 lower than the previous close of $277.40, a move of -0.32%.
The gold price fell on 28 December 2001, losing $0.90 (0.32%) against the previous session's close of $277.40.
At $276.50 per troy ounce, one gram of pure gold was worth about $8.89 on 28 December 2001. A troy ounce is 31.1034768 grams.
Scrap value follows purity, so on 28 December 2001 18k gold was worth about $6.67 per gram and 14k about $5.19 per gram, against $8.89 for pure 24k. These are melt values before any dealer margin.
The gold-to-silver ratio closed at about 61.6 on 28 December 2001, meaning one ounce of gold was worth roughly 61.6 ounces of silver.
It closed 5.73% below the highest close on record up to that date, which was set on 2001-09-26.