Gold price in December 2000: daily prices, high, low and change
Gold closed December 2000 at $272.00 an ounce, up 0.70% on the month. The highest close was $275.20 on 27 Dec and the lowest $268.60 on 13 Dec. Every trading day below, with ranks and context computed from COMEX data.
Gold price chart, December 2000 (daily close and high-low range, US$ per ounce)
Gold line = daily settlement; bars = intraday high to low where available; dashed line = November 2000 close ($270.10).
Daily gold prices in December 2000 (20 trading days)
| Date | Open | High | Low | Close | Change | % change |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Fri 1 Dec | $269.70 | $272.00 | $268.50 | $268.70 | −$1.40 | −0.52% |
| Mon 4 Dec | $271.00 | $272.00 | $270.00 | $270.70 | +$2.00 | +0.74% |
| Tue 5 Dec | $270.90 | $271.00 | $269.90 | $270.40 | −$0.30 | −0.11% |
| Wed 6 Dec best day | $271.00 | $274.30 | $270.60 | $274.30 | +$3.90 | +1.44% |
| Thu 7 Dec | $274.30 | $276.00 | $272.60 | $273.20 | −$1.10 | −0.40% |
| Fri 8 Dec | $272.70 | $273.00 | $272.20 | $272.20 | −$1.00 | −0.37% |
| Mon 11 Dec | $270.70 | $270.70 | $269.20 | $270.20 | −$2.00 | −0.73% |
| Tue 12 Dec | $270.30 | $270.30 | $269.50 | $270.30 | +$0.10 | +0.04% |
| Wed 13 Dec | $270.00 | $270.00 | $268.10 | $268.60 | −$1.70 | −0.63% |
| Thu 14 Dec | $268.60 | $269.00 | $268.00 | $269.00 | +$0.40 | +0.15% |
| Fri 15 Dec | $269.20 | $270.40 | $269.20 | $270.40 | +$1.40 | +0.52% |
| Mon 18 Dec | $270.00 | $270.00 | $269.70 | $269.70 | −$0.70 | −0.26% |
| Tue 19 Dec | $269.70 | $269.70 | $269.00 | $269.70 | $0.00 | 0.00% |
| Wed 20 Dec | $272.50 | $272.50 | $272.00 | $272.50 | +$2.80 | +1.04% |
| Thu 21 Dec | $273.00 | $273.70 | $273.00 | $273.70 | +$1.20 | +0.44% |
| Fri 22 Dec | $273.70 | $274.00 | $273.70 | $273.70 | $0.00 | 0.00% |
| Tue 26 Dec | $273.20 | $274.80 | $273.20 | $274.10 | +$0.40 | +0.15% |
| Wed 27 Dec | $274.50 | $275.20 | $274.50 | $275.20 | +$1.10 | +0.40% |
| Thu 28 Dec worst day | $273.20 | $273.20 | $271.70 | $271.70 | −$3.50 | −1.27% |
| Fri 29 Dec | — | — | — | $272.00 | +$0.30 | +0.11% |
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 1 day 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
| December 2000 | Open | High | Low | Close | Change |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Settlements | $268.70 | $275.20 | $268.60 | $272.00 | +0.70% |
| Intraday | $269.70 | $276.00 7 Dec | $268.00 14 Dec | $272.00 | — |
Settlements: first, highest, lowest and last daily close of the month (the basis used on the 2000 page and the monthly returns heatmap). Intraday: the highest and lowest traded prices in the daily bars.
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 December 2000: summary
Gold nudged up 0.70% in December 2000, from $270.10 at the end of November 2000 to $272.00 an ounce. Gold closed higher on 10 of 20 trading days and lower on 8; the strongest session was 6 December 2000 (+1.44%) and the weakest 28 December 2000 (−1.27%). Settlement prices ranged from $268.60 on 13 December 2000 to $275.20 on 27 December 2000, a spread of $6.60 (2.4%).
How December 2000 compares
- Against other Decembers: at +0.70%, December 2000 ranks 17th of 26 Decembers since 2000 (best first).
- Against every month: it ranks 161st of 313 months since September 2000, better than 49% of them.
- Streaks: the longest run of higher closes was 2 days and the longest run of lower closes 3 days.
- Average price: the mean of the 20 daily closes was $271.51; the World Bank's monthly average of the London (LBMA) price was $271.00.
Across the other 25 completed Decembers since 2000, gold averaged +1.48% and rose in 16 of them (64%). December 2000 lagged that average by 0.8 percentage points. The gold seasonality tool shows the same statistics for every calendar month, and the monthly returns heatmap lays out all Decembers side by side.
December 2000 in today's dollars
Adjusted for US consumer-price inflation, the $272.00 closing price equals about $524 in September 2026 dollars (CPI 174.6 in December 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 December 2000?
Gold closed December 2000 at $272.00 an ounce (COMEX settlement). It opened the month at $268.70 and averaged $271.51 across 20 trading days; the World Bank’s London average for the month was $271.00.
Did gold go up in December 2000?
Yes. Gold was up 0.70% in December 2000, from $270.10 at the end of November 2000 to $272.00. It closed higher on 10 of 20 days. Among Decembers since 2000 it ranks 17th of 26 (best first).
What was the highest gold price in December 2000?
The highest close was $275.20 on 27 December 2000. The highest intraday price in the daily bars was $276.00 on 7 December 2000.
What was the lowest gold price in December 2000?
The lowest close was $268.60 on 13 December 2000, $6.60 (2.4%) below the month’s highest close. The lowest intraday price was $268.00 on 14 December 2000.
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