Gold price in September 2000: daily prices, high, low and change
Gold closed September 2000 at $273.60 an ounce, down 1.69% on the month. The highest close was $278.40 on 27 Sep and the lowest $269.00 on 20 Sep. Every trading day below, with ranks and context computed from COMEX data.
Gold price chart, September 2000 (daily close and high-low range, US$ per ounce)
Gold line = daily settlement; bars = intraday high to low where available; dashed line = August 2000 close ($278.30).
Daily gold prices in September 2000 (20 trading days)
| Date | Open | High | Low | Close | Change | % change |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Fri 1 Sep | — | — | — | $277.00 | −$1.30 | −0.47% |
| Tue 5 Sep | — | — | — | $275.80 | −$1.20 | −0.43% |
| Wed 6 Sep | — | — | — | $274.20 | −$1.60 | −0.58% |
| Thu 7 Sep | — | — | — | $274.00 | −$0.20 | −0.07% |
| Fri 8 Sep | — | — | — | $273.30 | −$0.70 | −0.26% |
| Mon 11 Sep | — | — | — | $273.10 | −$0.20 | −0.07% |
| Tue 12 Sep | — | — | — | $272.90 | −$0.20 | −0.07% |
| Wed 13 Sep | — | — | — | $272.80 | −$0.10 | −0.04% |
| Thu 14 Sep | — | — | — | $272.40 | −$0.40 | −0.15% |
| Fri 15 Sep | — | — | — | $272.30 | −$0.10 | −0.04% |
| Mon 18 Sep | — | — | — | $271.40 | −$0.90 | −0.33% |
| Tue 19 Sep | — | — | — | $271.90 | +$0.50 | +0.18% |
| Wed 20 Sep worst day | — | — | — | $269.00 | −$2.90 | −1.07% |
| Thu 21 Sep | — | — | — | $270.30 | +$1.30 | +0.48% |
| Fri 22 Sep | — | — | — | $271.80 | +$1.50 | +0.55% |
| Mon 25 Sep | — | — | — | $274.10 | +$2.30 | +0.85% |
| Tue 26 Sep | — | — | — | $273.90 | −$0.20 | −0.07% |
| Wed 27 Sep best day | — | — | — | $278.40 | +$4.50 | +1.64% |
| Thu 28 Sep | $277.50 | $277.50 | $275.10 | $275.60 | −$2.80 | −1.01% |
| Fri 29 Sep | $274.60 | $274.60 | $272.00 | $273.60 | −$2.00 | −0.73% |
Close = COMEX gold futures settlement in US dollars per troy ounce; change is against the previous trading day's close. Open, high and low are shown as — on 18 days where the source has no usable intraday data (common before 2012, when the front-month contract traded thinly in the data feed).
Monthly open, high, low and close
| September 2000 | Open | High | Low | Close | Change |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Settlements | $277.00 | $278.40 | $269.00 | $273.60 | −1.69% |
Settlements: first, highest, lowest and last daily close of the month (the basis used on the 2000 page and the monthly returns heatmap). Intraday highs and lows are not shown because the source lacks usable intraday data for part of this month.
Source: COMEX gold futures (GC=F) daily settlements and intraday bars via Yahoo Finance; US CPI (FRED CPIAUCSL) for the inflation adjustment; World Bank Pink Sheet for the monthly London average. Figures are final settlements; sources may occasionally revise historical data.
Gold in September 2000: summary
Gold slipped 1.69% in September 2000, from $278.30 at the end of August 2000 to $273.60 an ounce. Gold closed higher on 5 of 20 trading days and lower on 15; the strongest session was 27 September 2000 (+1.64%) and the weakest 20 September 2000 (−1.07%). Settlement prices ranged from $269.00 on 20 September 2000 to $278.40 on 27 September 2000, a spread of $9.40 (3.4%).
How September 2000 compares
- Against other Septembers: at −1.69%, September 2000 ranks 16th of 27 Septembers since 2000 (best first).
- Against every month: it ranks 223rd of 313 months since September 2000, better than 29% of them.
- Streaks: the longest run of higher closes was 3 days and the longest run of lower closes 11 days.
- Average price: the mean of the 20 daily closes was $273.39; the World Bank's monthly average of the London (LBMA) price was $274.00.
Across the other 26 completed Septembers since 2000, gold averaged +0.51% and rose in 13 of them (50%). September 2000 lagged that average by 2.2 percentage points. The gold seasonality tool shows the same statistics for every calendar month, and the monthly returns heatmap lays out all Septembers side by side.
September 2000 in today's dollars
Adjusted for US consumer-price inflation, the $273.60 closing price equals about $530 in September 2026 dollars (CPI 173.6 in September 2000 against 336.3 in September 2026, FRED series CPIAUCSL), 94% more than the nominal figure. The gold price history hub restates every year's close on the same basis, and the all-time-high tracker lists every record close in nominal dollars.
Gold price by month in 2000
The gold price in 2000 page has the year's open, high, low and close, and the monthly archive on the gold price history hub explains how these month pages are built.
Frequently asked questions
What was the gold price in September 2000?
Gold closed September 2000 at $273.60 an ounce (COMEX settlement). It opened the month at $277.00 and averaged $273.39 across 20 trading days; the World Bank’s London average for the month was $274.00.
Did gold go up in September 2000?
No. Gold was down 1.69% in September 2000, from $278.30 at the end of August 2000 to $273.60. It closed higher on 5 of 20 days. Among Septembers since 2000 it ranks 16th of 27 (best first).
What was the highest gold price in September 2000?
The highest close was $278.40 on 27 September 2000.
What was the lowest gold price in September 2000?
The lowest close was $269.00 on 20 September 2000, $9.40 (3.4%) below the month’s highest close.
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