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This page is a historical record of the gold price in 3 December 2001, not the current price.See today's gold price (11 September 2026)
Highest closing price since 14 November 2001
Gold closed at $276.90 per troy ounce on 3 December 2001, up $3.000 (1.10%) from the previous close of $273.90.
No earlier session that month closed above this level.
This close sat 5.59% 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 $272.00, making this a +1.80% move year on year.
Figures in this section are shown in USD, independent of the currency selected above.
Gold closed at $276.90 per troy ounce on 3 December 2001. That is $3.00 higher than the previous close of $273.90, a move of 1.10%.
The gold price rose on 3 December 2001, gaining $3.00 (1.10%) against the previous session's close of $273.90.
At $276.90 per troy ounce, one gram of pure gold was worth about $8.90 on 3 December 2001. A troy ounce is 31.1034768 grams.
Scrap value follows purity, so on 3 December 2001 18k gold was worth about $6.68 per gram and 14k about $5.19 per gram, against $8.90 for pure 24k. These are melt values before any dealer margin.
The gold-to-silver ratio closed at about 65.9 on 3 December 2001, meaning one ounce of gold was worth roughly 65.9 ounces of silver.
It closed 5.59% below the highest close on record up to that date, which was set on 2001-09-26.