Gold price in October 2000: daily prices, high, low and change
Gold closed October 2000 at $264.90 an ounce, down 3.18% on the month. The highest close was $276.40 on 12 Oct and the lowest $264.30 on 30 Oct. Every trading day below, with ranks and context computed from COMEX data.
Gold price chart, October 2000 (daily close and high-low range, US$ per ounce)
Gold line = daily settlement; bars = intraday high to low where available; dashed line = September 2000 close ($273.60).
Daily gold prices in October 2000 (22 trading days)
| Date | Open | High | Low | Close | Change | % change |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Mon 2 Oct | $272.80 | $273.50 | $272.50 | $273.10 | −$0.50 | −0.18% |
| Tue 3 Oct | $272.10 | $272.80 | $271.50 | $271.60 | −$1.50 | −0.55% |
| Wed 4 Oct | $270.50 | $271.00 | $270.10 | $270.30 | −$1.30 | −0.48% |
| Thu 5 Oct | $270.30 | $270.60 | $270.00 | $270.60 | +$0.30 | +0.11% |
| Fri 6 Oct | $269.80 | $270.20 | $269.30 | $269.30 | −$1.30 | −0.48% |
| Mon 9 Oct | $269.10 | $270.10 | $269.10 | $270.10 | +$0.80 | +0.30% |
| Tue 10 Oct | — | — | — | $272.40 | +$2.30 | +0.85% |
| Wed 11 Oct | $272.50 | $273.50 | $270.50 | $270.50 | −$1.90 | −0.70% |
| Thu 12 Oct best day | $274.00 | $276.40 | $274.00 | $276.40 | +$5.90 | +2.18% |
| Fri 13 Oct worst day | $274.20 | $274.20 | $272.40 | $272.40 | −$4.00 | −1.45% |
| Mon 16 Oct | — | — | — | $271.50 | −$0.90 | −0.33% |
| Tue 17 Oct | — | — | — | $271.10 | −$0.40 | −0.15% |
| Wed 18 Oct | — | — | — | $270.30 | −$0.80 | −0.30% |
| Thu 19 Oct | — | — | — | $270.10 | −$0.20 | −0.07% |
| Fri 20 Oct | — | — | — | $271.20 | +$1.10 | +0.41% |
| Mon 23 Oct | $271.70 | $271.70 | $270.10 | $270.10 | −$1.10 | −0.41% |
| Tue 24 Oct | $269.80 | $270.10 | $269.80 | $270.10 | $0.00 | 0.00% |
| Wed 25 Oct | $266.20 | $267.10 | $266.00 | $266.20 | −$3.90 | −1.44% |
| Thu 26 Oct | $266.00 | $267.00 | $264.90 | $264.90 | −$1.30 | −0.49% |
| Fri 27 Oct | $265.50 | $265.50 | $264.40 | $264.40 | −$0.50 | −0.19% |
| Mon 30 Oct | — | — | — | $264.30 | −$0.10 | −0.04% |
| Tue 31 Oct | $264.50 | $265.00 | $264.50 | $264.90 | +$0.60 | +0.23% |
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 7 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
| October 2000 | Open | High | Low | Close | Change |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Settlements | $273.10 | $276.40 | $264.30 | $264.90 | −3.18% |
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 October 2000: summary
Gold lost ground 3.18% in October 2000, from $273.60 at the end of September 2000 to $264.90 an ounce. Settlement prices ranged from $264.30 on 30 October 2000 to $276.40 on 12 October 2000, a spread of $12.10 (4.4%). Gold closed higher on 6 of 22 trading days and lower on 15; the strongest session was 12 October 2000 (+2.18%) and the weakest 13 October 2000 (−1.45%).
The +2.18% move on 12 October 2000 was the largest one-day gain of 2000. The −1.45% move on 13 October 2000 was the largest one-day fall of 2000.
How October 2000 compares
- Against other Octobers: at −3.18%, October 2000 ranks 22nd of 26 Octobers since 2000 (best first).
- Against every month: it ranks 258th of 313 months since September 2000, better than 18% of them.
- Streaks: the longest run of higher closes was 2 days and the longest run of lower closes 5 days.
- Average price: the mean of the 22 daily closes was $269.81; the World Bank's monthly average of the London (LBMA) price was $270.00.
Across the other 25 completed Octobers since 2000, gold averaged +0.26% and rose in 13 of them (52%). October 2000 lagged that average by 3.4 percentage points. The gold seasonality tool shows the same statistics for every calendar month, and the monthly returns heatmap lays out all Octobers side by side.
October 2000 in today's dollars
Adjusted for US consumer-price inflation, the $264.90 closing price equals about $512 in September 2026 dollars (CPI 173.9 in October 2000 against 336.3 in September 2026, FRED series CPIAUCSL), 93% 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 October 2000?
Gold closed October 2000 at $264.90 an ounce (COMEX settlement). It opened the month at $273.10 and averaged $269.81 across 22 trading days; the World Bank’s London average for the month was $270.00.
Did gold go up in October 2000?
No. Gold was down 3.18% in October 2000, from $273.60 at the end of September 2000 to $264.90. It closed higher on 6 of 22 days. Among Octobers since 2000 it ranks 22nd of 26 (best first).
What was the highest gold price in October 2000?
The highest close was $276.40 on 12 October 2000.
What was the lowest gold price in October 2000?
The lowest close was $264.30 on 30 October 2000, $12.10 (4.4%) below the month’s highest close.
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