Highest so far that week
This was the strongest close of the week up to that point.
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This page is a historical record of the gold price in 31 January 2002, not the current price.See today's gold price (11 September 2026)
Highest closing price since 18 January 2002
Gold closed at $282.10 per troy ounce on 31 January 2002, up $0.200 (0.07%) from the previous close of $281.90.
This close extended a run of 3 consecutive sessions of gains. Runs are more informative than any one day inside them: they show direction holding rather than a single session's noise.
This was the strongest close of the week up to that point.
This close sat 3.82% 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 $265.60, making this a +6.21% move year on year.
Figures in this section are shown in USD, independent of the currency selected above.
Gold closed at $282.10 per troy ounce on 31 January 2002. That is $0.20 higher than the previous close of $281.90, a move of 0.07%.
The gold price rose on 31 January 2002, gaining $0.20 (0.07%) against the previous session's close of $281.90.
At $282.10 per troy ounce, one gram of pure gold was worth about $9.07 on 31 January 2002. A troy ounce is 31.1034768 grams.
Scrap value follows purity, so on 31 January 2002 18k gold was worth about $6.80 per gram and 14k about $5.29 per gram, against $9.07 for pure 24k. These are melt values before any dealer margin.
The gold-to-silver ratio closed at about 66.9 on 31 January 2002, meaning one ounce of gold was worth roughly 66.9 ounces of silver.
This close was session 3 of a consecutive run of gains. A run is counted by closes, so an intraday reversal that still closed in the same direction does not break it.
It closed 3.82% below the highest close on record up to that date, which was set on 2001-09-26.