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No earlier session that month closed above this level.
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This page is a historical record of the gold price in 6 December 2000, not the current price.See today's gold price (11 September 2026)
Highest closing price since 12 October 2000
Gold closed at $274.30 per troy ounce on 6 December 2000, up $3.900 (1.44%) from the previous close of $270.40.
Gold moved the opposite way to the session before it. Single-day reversals are common and usually mean little on their own — what matters is whether the next few sessions follow.
No earlier session that month closed above this level.
This close sat 1.47% below the highest gold close recorded up to that date, set on 2000-09-27.
One of the ten highest gold closes of that year, ranking 7 of 84 sessions.
Metal value only, before dealer margins and fabrication.
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Gold closed at $274.30 per troy ounce on 6 December 2000. That is $3.90 higher than the previous close of $270.40, a move of 1.44%.
The gold price rose on 6 December 2000, gaining $3.90 (1.44%) against the previous session's close of $270.40.
At $274.30 per troy ounce, one gram of pure gold was worth about $8.82 on 6 December 2000. A troy ounce is 31.1034768 grams.
Scrap value follows purity, so on 6 December 2000 18k gold was worth about $6.61 per gram and 14k about $5.14 per gram, against $8.82 for pure 24k. These are melt values before any dealer margin.
The gold-to-silver ratio closed at about 57.7 on 6 December 2000, meaning one ounce of gold was worth roughly 57.7 ounces of silver.
A week before 6 December 2000, gold was around $266.40 per troy ounce, so the close of $274.30 is a gain of 3.0% over the week.
It closed 1.47% below the highest close on record up to that date, which was set on 2000-09-27.