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One of the ten highest gold closes of that year, ranking 8 of 248 sessions.
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This page is a historical record of the gold price in 4 October 2001, not the current price.See today's gold price (11 September 2026)
Gold closed at $290.50 per troy ounce on 4 October 2001, unchanged from the previous close of $290.50.
Gold barely moved, closing within 0.00% 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.
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 $270.30, making this a +7.47% move year on year.
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Gold closed at $290.50 per troy ounce on 4 October 2001. That is $0.00 higher than the previous close of $290.50, a move of 0.00%.
The gold price was unchanged on 4 October 2001, gaining $0.00 (0.00%) against the previous session's close of $290.50.
At $290.50 per troy ounce, one gram of pure gold was worth about $9.34 on 4 October 2001. A troy ounce is 31.1034768 grams.
Scrap value follows purity, so on 4 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 62.6 on 4 October 2001, meaning one ounce of gold was worth roughly 62.6 ounces of silver.
A month before 4 October 2001, gold was around $271.60 per troy ounce, so the close of $290.50 is a gain of 7.0% over the month.
It closed 0.95% below the highest close on record up to that date, which was set on 2001-09-26.