Distance from the record
This close sat 3.74% below the highest gold close recorded up to that date, set on 2000-09-27.
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This page is a historical record of the gold price in 3 January 2001, not the current price.See today's gold price (11 September 2026)
Gold closed at $268.00 per troy ounce on 3 January 2001, down $0.400 (0.15%) from the previous close of $268.40.
Gold barely moved, closing within 0.15% of the previous session. Flat days are the majority of any price series and are most useful as the baseline the notable days are measured against.
This close sat 3.74% below the highest gold close recorded up to that date, set on 2000-09-27.
Metal value only, before dealer margins and fabrication.
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Gold closed at $268.00 per troy ounce on 3 January 2001. That is $0.40 lower than the previous close of $268.40, a move of -0.15%.
The gold price fell on 3 January 2001, losing $0.40 (0.15%) against the previous session's close of $268.40.
At $268.00 per troy ounce, one gram of pure gold was worth about $8.62 on 3 January 2001. A troy ounce is 31.1034768 grams.
Scrap value follows purity, so on 3 January 2001 18k gold was worth about $6.46 per gram and 14k about $5.03 per gram, against $8.62 for pure 24k. These are melt values before any dealer margin.
The gold-to-silver ratio closed at about 59.7 on 3 January 2001, meaning one ounce of gold was worth roughly 59.7 ounces of silver.
A week before 3 January 2001, gold was around $275.20 per troy ounce, so the close of $268.00 is a loss of 2.6% over the week.
It closed 3.74% below the highest close on record up to that date, which was set on 2000-09-27.