Distance from the record
This close sat 6.61% below the highest gold close recorded up to that date, set on 2001-09-26.
This page is a historical record of the gold price in 30 November 2001, not the current price.See today's gold price (11 September 2026)
Gold closed at $273.90 per troy ounce on 30 November 2001, up $0.400 (0.15%) from the previous close of $273.50.
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 6.61% 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 $270.10, making this a +1.41% move year on year.
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Gold closed at $273.90 per troy ounce on 30 November 2001. That is $0.40 higher than the previous close of $273.50, a move of 0.15%.
The gold price rose on 30 November 2001, gaining $0.40 (0.15%) against the previous session's close of $273.50.
At $273.90 per troy ounce, one gram of pure gold was worth about $8.81 on 30 November 2001. A troy ounce is 31.1034768 grams.
Scrap value follows purity, so on 30 November 2001 18k gold was worth about $6.60 per gram and 14k about $5.14 per gram, against $8.81 for pure 24k. These are melt values before any dealer margin.
The gold-to-silver ratio closed at about 66.4 on 30 November 2001, meaning one ounce of gold was worth roughly 66.4 ounces of silver.
It closed 6.61% below the highest close on record up to that date, which was set on 2001-09-26.