Highest so far that month
No earlier session that month closed above this level.
This page is a historical record of the gold price in 6 September 2001, not the current price.See today's gold price (11 September 2026)
Gold closed at $273.00 per troy ounce on 6 September 2001, up $1.000 (0.37%) from the previous close of $272.00.
No earlier session that month closed above this level.
This close sat 5.01% below the highest gold close recorded up to that date, set on 2001-05-18.
Metal value only, before dealer margins and fabrication.
Twelve months earlier gold traded around $274.20, making this a -0.44% move year on year.
Figures in this section are shown in USD, independent of the currency selected above.
Gold closed at $273.00 per troy ounce on 6 September 2001. That is $1.00 higher than the previous close of $272.00, a move of 0.37%.
The gold price rose on 6 September 2001, gaining $1.00 (0.37%) against the previous session's close of $272.00.
At $273.00 per troy ounce, one gram of pure gold was worth about $8.78 on 6 September 2001. A troy ounce is 31.1034768 grams.
Scrap value follows purity, so on 6 September 2001 18k gold was worth about $6.58 per gram and 14k about $5.12 per gram, against $8.78 for pure 24k. These are melt values before any dealer margin.
The gold-to-silver ratio closed at about 65.8 on 6 September 2001, meaning one ounce of gold was worth roughly 65.8 ounces of silver.
It closed 5.01% below the highest close on record up to that date, which was set on 2001-05-18.