Highest so far that year
At the time, no session earlier in the year had closed higher.
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This page is a historical record of the gold price in 9 January 2002, not the current price.See today's gold price (11 September 2026)
Highest closing price since 17 October 2001
Gold closed at $283.40 per troy ounce on 9 January 2002, up $4.500 (1.61%) from the previous close of $278.90.
At the time, no session earlier in the year had closed higher.
This close sat 3.38% below the highest gold close recorded up to that date, set on 2001-09-26.
Metal value only, before dealer margins and fabrication.
Twelve months earlier gold traded around $267.50, making this a +5.94% move year on year.
Figures in this section are shown in USD, independent of the currency selected above.
Gold closed at $283.40 per troy ounce on 9 January 2002. That is $4.50 higher than the previous close of $278.90, a move of 1.61%.
The gold price rose on 9 January 2002, gaining $4.50 (1.61%) against the previous session's close of $278.90.
At $283.40 per troy ounce, one gram of pure gold was worth about $9.11 on 9 January 2002. A troy ounce is 31.1034768 grams.
Scrap value follows purity, so on 9 January 2002 18k gold was worth about $6.83 per gram and 14k about $5.32 per gram, against $9.11 for pure 24k. These are melt values before any dealer margin.
The gold-to-silver ratio closed at about 60.3 on 9 January 2002, meaning one ounce of gold was worth roughly 60.3 ounces of silver.
It closed 3.38% below the highest close on record up to that date, which was set on 2001-09-26.