Gold price in January 2001: daily prices, high, low and change
Gold closed January 2001 at $265.60 an ounce, down 2.35% on the month. The highest close was $268.40 on 2 Jan and the lowest $262.80 on 26 Jan. Every trading day below, with ranks and context computed from COMEX data.
Gold price chart, January 2001 (daily close and high-low range, US$ per ounce)
Gold line = daily settlement; bars = intraday high to low where available; dashed line = December 2000 close ($272.00).
Daily gold prices in January 2001 (21 trading days)
| Date | Open | High | Low | Close | Change | % change |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Tue 2 Jan worst day | — | — | — | $268.40 | −$3.60 | −1.32% |
| Wed 3 Jan | — | — | — | $268.00 | −$0.40 | −0.15% |
| Thu 4 Jan | — | — | — | $267.30 | −$0.70 | −0.26% |
| Fri 5 Jan | — | — | — | $268.00 | +$0.70 | +0.26% |
| Mon 8 Jan | — | — | — | $268.00 | $0.00 | 0.00% |
| Tue 9 Jan | — | — | — | $267.50 | −$0.50 | −0.19% |
| Wed 10 Jan | — | — | — | $264.70 | −$2.80 | −1.05% |
| Thu 11 Jan | — | — | — | $264.00 | −$0.70 | −0.26% |
| Fri 12 Jan | — | — | — | $263.90 | −$0.10 | −0.04% |
| Tue 16 Jan | — | — | — | $263.30 | −$0.60 | −0.23% |
| Wed 17 Jan | — | — | — | $263.20 | −$0.10 | −0.04% |
| Thu 18 Jan | — | — | — | $264.20 | +$1.00 | +0.38% |
| Fri 19 Jan | — | — | — | $264.30 | +$0.10 | +0.04% |
| Mon 22 Jan | — | — | — | $266.40 | +$2.10 | +0.79% |
| Tue 23 Jan | — | — | — | $266.10 | −$0.30 | −0.11% |
| Wed 24 Jan | — | — | — | $264.30 | −$1.80 | −0.68% |
| Thu 25 Jan | — | — | — | $264.50 | +$0.20 | +0.08% |
| Fri 26 Jan | — | — | — | $262.80 | −$1.70 | −0.64% |
| Mon 29 Jan | — | — | — | $262.80 | $0.00 | 0.00% |
| Tue 30 Jan best day | $262.90 | $266.60 | $262.90 | $265.50 | +$2.70 | +1.03% |
| Wed 31 Jan | $265.20 | $266.00 | $263.70 | $265.60 | +$0.10 | +0.04% |
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 19 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
| January 2001 | Open | High | Low | Close | Change |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Settlements | $268.40 | $268.40 | $262.80 | $265.60 | −2.35% |
Settlements: first, highest, lowest and last daily close of the month (the basis used on the 2001 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 January 2001: summary
Gold dropped 2.35% in January 2001, from $272.00 at the end of December 2000 to $265.60 an ounce. Settlement prices ranged from $262.80 on 26 January 2001 to $268.40 on 2 January 2001, a spread of $5.60 (2.1%). Gold closed higher on 7 of 21 trading days and lower on 12; the strongest session was 30 January 2001 (+1.03%) and the weakest 2 January 2001 (−1.32%).
How January 2001 compares
- Against other Januaries: at −2.35%, January 2001 ranks 22nd of 26 Januaries since 2001 (best first).
- Against every month: it ranks 243rd of 313 months since September 2000, better than 22% of them.
- Streaks: the longest run of higher closes was 3 days and the longest run of lower closes 6 days.
- Average price: the mean of the 21 daily closes was $265.37; the World Bank's monthly average of the London (LBMA) price was $265.00.
Across the other 25 completed Januaries since 2001, gold averaged +3.17% and rose in 17 of them (68%). January 2001 lagged that average by 5.5 percentage points. The gold seasonality tool shows the same statistics for every calendar month, and the monthly returns heatmap lays out all Januaries side by side.
January 2001 in today's dollars
Adjusted for US consumer-price inflation, the $265.60 closing price equals about $509 in September 2026 dollars (CPI 175.6 in January 2001 against 336.3 in September 2026, FRED series CPIAUCSL), 92% 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 2001
The gold price in 2001 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 January 2001?
Gold closed January 2001 at $265.60 an ounce (COMEX settlement). It opened the month at $268.40 and averaged $265.37 across 21 trading days; the World Bank’s London average for the month was $265.00.
Did gold go up in January 2001?
No. Gold was down 2.35% in January 2001, from $272.00 at the end of December 2000 to $265.60. It closed higher on 7 of 21 days. Among Januaries since 2001 it ranks 22nd of 26 (best first).
What was the highest gold price in January 2001?
The highest close was $268.40 on 2 January 2001.
What was the lowest gold price in January 2001?
The lowest close was $262.80 on 26 January 2001, $5.60 (2.1%) below the month’s highest close.
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