Distance from the record
This close sat 1.01% below the highest gold close recorded up to that date, set on 2000-09-27.
This page is a historical record of the gold price in 28 September 2000, not the current price.See today's gold price (11 September 2026)
Gold closed at $275.60 per troy ounce on 28 September 2000, down $2.800 (1.01%) from the previous close of $278.40.
Gold moved the opposite way to the session before it. Single-day reversals are common and usually mean little on their own — what matters is whether the next few sessions follow.
This close sat 1.01% below the highest gold close recorded up to that date, set on 2000-09-27.
One of the ten highest gold closes of that year, ranking 5 of 84 sessions.
Metal value only, before dealer margins and fabrication.
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Gold closed at $275.60 per troy ounce on 28 September 2000. That is $2.80 lower than the previous close of $278.40, a move of -1.01%.
The gold price fell on 28 September 2000, losing $2.80 (1.01%) against the previous session's close of $278.40.
At $275.60 per troy ounce, one gram of pure gold was worth about $8.86 on 28 September 2000. A troy ounce is 31.1034768 grams.
Scrap value follows purity, so on 28 September 2000 18k gold was worth about $6.65 per gram and 14k about $5.17 per gram, against $8.86 for pure 24k. These are melt values before any dealer margin.
The gold-to-silver ratio closed at about 55.6 on 28 September 2000, meaning one ounce of gold was worth roughly 55.6 ounces of silver.
It closed 1.01% below the highest close on record up to that date, which was set on 2000-09-27.