Distance from the record
This close sat 6.80% below the highest gold close recorded up to that date, set on 2002-06-04.
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This page is a historical record of the gold price in 6 August 2002, not the current price.See today's gold price (11 September 2026)
Gold closed at $305.50 per troy ounce on 6 August 2002, down $2.300 (0.75%) from the previous close of $307.80.
Notable session: lowest close of the month.
This close sat 6.80% below the highest gold close recorded up to that date, set on 2002-06-04.
Metal value only, before dealer margins and fabrication.
Twelve months earlier gold traded around $267.10, making this a +14.38% move year on year.
Figures in this section are shown in USD, independent of the currency selected above.
Gold closed at $305.50 per troy ounce on 6 August 2002. That is $2.30 lower than the previous close of $307.80, a move of -0.75%.
The gold price fell on 6 August 2002, losing $2.30 (0.75%) against the previous session's close of $307.80.
At $305.50 per troy ounce, one gram of pure gold was worth about $9.82 on 6 August 2002. A troy ounce is 31.1034768 grams.
Scrap value follows purity, so on 6 August 2002 18k gold was worth about $7.37 per gram and 14k about $5.73 per gram, against $9.82 for pure 24k. These are melt values before any dealer margin.
The gold-to-silver ratio closed at about 66.3 on 6 August 2002, meaning one ounce of gold was worth roughly 66.3 ounces of silver.
A year before 6 August 2002, gold was around $267.10 per troy ounce. The close of $305.50 therefore represents a rise of 14.4% over twelve months.
It closed 6.80% below the highest close on record up to that date, which was set on 2002-06-04.