Gold price in March 2001: daily prices, high, low and change
Gold closed March 2001 at $257.90 an ounce, down 3.34% on the month. The highest close was $271.60 on 12 Mar and the lowest $257.90 on 30 Mar. Every trading day below, with ranks and context computed from COMEX data.
Gold price chart, March 2001 (daily close and high-low range, US$ per ounce)
Gold line = daily settlement; bars = intraday high to low where available; dashed line = February 2001 close ($266.80).
Daily gold prices in March 2001 (22 trading days)
| Date | Open | High | Low | Close | Change | % change |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Thu 1 Mar | — | — | — | $265.20 | −$1.60 | −0.60% |
| Fri 2 Mar | — | — | — | $262.10 | −$3.10 | −1.17% |
| Mon 5 Mar | — | — | — | $262.50 | +$0.40 | +0.15% |
| Tue 6 Mar | $260.00 | $260.00 | $259.90 | $259.90 | −$2.60 | −0.99% |
| Wed 7 Mar | $259.00 | $261.40 | $259.00 | $261.40 | +$1.50 | +0.58% |
| Thu 8 Mar | — | — | — | $265.40 | +$4.00 | +1.53% |
| Fri 9 Mar best day | — | — | — | $270.80 | +$5.40 | +2.03% |
| Mon 12 Mar | — | — | — | $271.60 | +$0.80 | +0.30% |
| Tue 13 Mar worst day | — | — | — | $266.80 | −$4.80 | −1.77% |
| Wed 14 Mar | — | — | — | $262.50 | −$4.30 | −1.61% |
| Thu 15 Mar | — | — | — | $260.00 | −$2.50 | −0.95% |
| Fri 16 Mar | $257.00 | $258.10 | $257.00 | $258.10 | −$1.90 | −0.73% |
| Mon 19 Mar | — | — | — | $259.80 | +$1.70 | +0.66% |
| Tue 20 Mar | — | — | — | $260.50 | +$0.70 | +0.27% |
| Wed 21 Mar | — | — | — | $261.90 | +$1.40 | +0.54% |
| Thu 22 Mar | — | — | — | $261.10 | −$0.80 | −0.31% |
| Fri 23 Mar | — | — | — | $261.50 | +$0.40 | +0.15% |
| Mon 26 Mar | — | — | — | $261.90 | +$0.40 | +0.15% |
| Tue 27 Mar | — | — | — | $261.00 | −$0.90 | −0.34% |
| Wed 28 Mar | — | — | — | $259.70 | −$1.30 | −0.50% |
| Thu 29 Mar | $259.70 | $260.40 | $258.20 | $258.80 | −$0.90 | −0.35% |
| Fri 30 Mar | $258.80 | $259.30 | $256.60 | $257.90 | −$0.90 | −0.35% |
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 17 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
| March 2001 | Open | High | Low | Close | Change |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Settlements | $265.20 | $271.60 | $257.90 | $257.90 | −3.34% |
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 March 2001: summary
Gold fell 3.34% in March 2001, from $266.80 at the end of February 2001 to $257.90 an ounce. Gold closed higher on 10 of 22 trading days and lower on 12; the strongest session was 9 March 2001 (+2.03%) and the weakest 13 March 2001 (−1.77%). Settlement prices ranged from $257.90 on 30 March 2001 to $271.60 on 12 March 2001, a spread of $13.70 (5.1%), wider than the 3.0% average of the previous 12 months.
How March 2001 compares
- Against other Marches: at −3.34%, March 2001 ranks 23rd of 26 Marches since 2001 (best first).
- Against every month: it ranks 263rd of 313 months since September 2000, better than 16% of them.
- Range: the gap between the highest and lowest close was $13.70, or 5.1% of the opening level, 1.7× the 3.0% average of the previous 12 months.
- Daily moves: the average day moved 0.73% (up or down), against 0.64% over the previous 12 months, so March 2001 was about as volatile as usual.
- Streaks: the longest run of higher closes was 4 days and the longest run of lower closes 4 days.
- Bigger picture: at the month-end close gold was −5.18% for 2001 to the end of March.
- Average price: the mean of the 22 daily closes was $262.29; the World Bank's monthly average of the London (LBMA) price was $263.00.
Across the other 25 completed Marches since 2001, gold averaged +0.35% and rose in 12 of them (48%). March 2001 lagged that average by 3.7 percentage points. The gold seasonality tool shows the same statistics for every calendar month, and the monthly returns heatmap lays out all Marches side by side.
March 2001 in today's dollars
Adjusted for US consumer-price inflation, the $257.90 closing price equals about $493 in September 2026 dollars (CPI 176.1 in March 2001 against 336.3 in September 2026, FRED series CPIAUCSL), 91% 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 March 2001?
Gold closed March 2001 at $257.90 an ounce (COMEX settlement). It opened the month at $265.20 and averaged $262.29 across 22 trading days; the World Bank’s London average for the month was $263.00.
Did gold go up in March 2001?
No. Gold was down 3.34% in March 2001, from $266.80 at the end of February 2001 to $257.90. It closed higher on 10 of 22 days. Among Marches since 2001 it ranks 23rd of 26 (best first).
What was the highest gold price in March 2001?
The highest close was $271.60 on 12 March 2001.
What was the lowest gold price in March 2001?
The lowest close was $257.90 on 30 March 2001, $13.70 (5.1%) below the month’s highest close.
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