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 7 September 2001, not the current price.See today's gold price (11 September 2026)
Gold closed at $273.10 per troy ounce on 7 September 2001, up $0.100 (0.04%) from the previous close of $273.00.
This close extended a run of 3 consecutive sessions of gains. Runs are more informative than any one day inside them: they show direction holding rather than a single session's noise.
No earlier session that month closed above this level.
This close sat 4.98% 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 $274.00, making this a -0.33% move year on year.
Figures in this section are shown in USD, independent of the currency selected above.
Gold closed at $273.10 per troy ounce on 7 September 2001. That is $0.10 higher than the previous close of $273.00, a move of 0.04%.
The gold price rose on 7 September 2001, gaining $0.10 (0.04%) against the previous session's close of $273.00.
At $273.10 per troy ounce, one gram of pure gold was worth about $8.78 on 7 September 2001. A troy ounce is 31.1034768 grams.
Scrap value follows purity, so on 7 September 2001 18k gold was worth about $6.59 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 65.9 on 7 September 2001, meaning one ounce of gold was worth roughly 65.9 ounces of silver.
This close was session 3 of a consecutive run of gains. A run is counted by closes, so an intraday reversal that still closed in the same direction does not break it.
It closed 4.98% below the highest close on record up to that date, which was set on 2001-05-18.