Highest so far that month
No earlier session that month closed above this level.
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This page is a historical record of the gold price in 3 October 2001, not the current price.See today's gold price (11 September 2026)
Gold closed at $290.50 per troy ounce on 3 October 2001, up $0.600 (0.21%) from the previous close of $289.90.
No earlier session that month closed above this level.
One of the ten highest gold closes of that year, ranking 8 of 248 sessions.
Metal value only, before dealer margins and fabrication.
Twelve months earlier gold traded around $271.60, making this a +6.96% move year on year.
Figures in this section are shown in USD, independent of the currency selected above.
Gold closed at $290.50 per troy ounce on 3 October 2001. That is $0.60 higher than the previous close of $289.90, a move of 0.21%.
The gold price rose on 3 October 2001, gaining $0.60 (0.21%) against the previous session's close of $289.90.
At $290.50 per troy ounce, one gram of pure gold was worth about $9.34 on 3 October 2001. A troy ounce is 31.1034768 grams.
Scrap value follows purity, so on 3 October 2001 18k gold was worth about $7.00 per gram and 14k about $5.45 per gram, against $9.34 for pure 24k. These are melt values before any dealer margin.
The gold-to-silver ratio closed at about 63.1 on 3 October 2001, meaning one ounce of gold was worth roughly 63.1 ounces of silver.
A month before 3 October 2001, gold was around $274.40 per troy ounce, so the close of $290.50 is a gain of 5.9% over the month.
It closed 0.95% below the highest close on record up to that date, which was set on 2001-09-26.