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This page is a historical record of the gold price in 6 February 2002, not the current price.See today's gold price (11 September 2026)
Gold closed at $297.50 per troy ounce on 6 February 2002, down $0.700 (0.23%) from the previous close of $298.20.
Metal value only, before dealer margins and fabrication.
Twelve months earlier gold traded around $263.30, making this a +12.99% move year on year.
Figures in this section are shown in USD, independent of the currency selected above.
Gold closed at $297.50 per troy ounce on 6 February 2002. That is $0.70 lower than the previous close of $298.20, a move of -0.23%.
The gold price fell on 6 February 2002, losing $0.70 (0.23%) against the previous session's close of $298.20.
At $297.50 per troy ounce, one gram of pure gold was worth about $9.56 on 6 February 2002. A troy ounce is 31.1034768 grams.
Scrap value follows purity, so on 6 February 2002 18k gold was worth about $7.17 per gram and 14k about $5.58 per gram, against $9.56 for pure 24k. These are melt values before any dealer margin.
The gold-to-silver ratio closed at about 68.2 on 6 February 2002, meaning one ounce of gold was worth roughly 68.2 ounces of silver.
A week before 6 February 2002, gold was around $281.90 per troy ounce, so the close of $297.50 is a gain of 5.5% over the week.
A month before 6 February 2002, gold was around $278.90 per troy ounce, so the close of $297.50 is a gain of 6.7% over the month.
A year before 6 February 2002, gold was around $263.30 per troy ounce. The close of $297.50 therefore represents a rise of 13.0% over twelve months.
It closed 0.23% below the highest close on record up to that date, which was set on 2002-02-05.