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 6 August 2001, not the current price.See today's gold price (11 September 2026)
Gold closed at $267.10 per troy ounce on 6 August 2001, down $0.800 (0.30%) from the previous close of $267.90.
Notable session: lowest close of the month.
This was the strongest close of the week up to that point.
This close sat 7.06% below the highest gold close recorded up to that date, set on 2001-05-18.
Metal value only, before dealer margins and fabrication.
Figures in this section are shown in USD, independent of the currency selected above.
Gold closed at $267.10 per troy ounce on 6 August 2001. That is $0.80 lower than the previous close of $267.90, a move of -0.30%.
The gold price fell on 6 August 2001, losing $0.80 (0.30%) against the previous session's close of $267.90.
At $267.10 per troy ounce, one gram of pure gold was worth about $8.59 on 6 August 2001. A troy ounce is 31.1034768 grams.
Scrap value follows purity, so on 6 August 2001 18k gold was worth about $6.44 per gram and 14k about $5.01 per gram, against $8.59 for pure 24k. These are melt values before any dealer margin.
The gold-to-silver ratio closed at about 63.9 on 6 August 2001, meaning one ounce of gold was worth roughly 63.9 ounces of silver.
It closed 7.06% below the highest close on record up to that date, which was set on 2001-05-18.