Gold price in September 2002: daily prices, high, low and change
Gold closed September 2002 at $323.90 an ounce, up 3.68% on the month. The highest close was $325.90 on 24 Sep and the lowest $313.40 on 3 Sep. Every trading day below, with ranks and context computed from COMEX data.
Gold price chart, September 2002 (daily close and high-low range, US$ per ounce)
Gold line = daily settlement; bars = intraday high to low where available; dashed line = August 2002 close ($312.40).
Daily gold prices in September 2002 (20 trading days)
| Date | Open | High | Low | Close | Change | % change |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Tue 3 Sep | $312.50 | $313.40 | $312.50 | $313.40 | +$1.00 | +0.32% |
| Wed 4 Sep | — | — | — | $314.90 | +$1.50 | +0.48% |
| Thu 5 Sep | — | — | — | $318.20 | +$3.30 | +1.05% |
| Fri 6 Sep | $320.00 | $320.00 | $319.90 | $319.90 | +$1.70 | +0.53% |
| Mon 9 Sep | — | — | — | $321.30 | +$1.40 | +0.44% |
| Tue 10 Sep | — | — | — | $317.90 | −$3.40 | −1.06% |
| Wed 11 Sep | — | — | — | $316.60 | −$1.30 | −0.41% |
| Thu 12 Sep | — | — | — | $318.90 | +$2.30 | +0.73% |
| Fri 13 Sep | $319.00 | $319.00 | $316.60 | $316.60 | −$2.30 | −0.72% |
| Mon 16 Sep | — | — | — | $317.10 | +$0.50 | +0.16% |
| Tue 17 Sep | — | — | — | $317.00 | −$0.10 | −0.03% |
| Wed 18 Sep | — | — | — | $320.60 | +$3.60 | +1.14% |
| Thu 19 Sep | — | — | — | $322.60 | +$2.00 | +0.62% |
| Fri 20 Sep | — | — | — | $321.90 | −$0.70 | −0.22% |
| Mon 23 Sep | — | — | — | $323.00 | +$1.10 | +0.34% |
| Tue 24 Sep | — | — | — | $325.90 | +$2.90 | +0.90% |
| Wed 25 Sep worst day | — | — | — | $322.20 | −$3.70 | −1.14% |
| Thu 26 Sep | — | — | — | $320.30 | −$1.90 | −0.59% |
| Fri 27 Sep | $319.60 | $321.20 | $319.00 | $319.70 | −$0.60 | −0.19% |
| Mon 30 Sep best day | $320.70 | $324.20 | $320.40 | $323.90 | +$4.20 | +1.31% |
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 15 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 2002 | Open | High | Low | Close | Change |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Settlements | $313.40 | $325.90 | $313.40 | $323.90 | +3.68% |
Settlements: first, highest, lowest and last daily close of the month (the basis used on the 2002 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 2002: summary
Gold gained 3.68% in September 2002, settling the month at $323.90 an ounce against $312.40 at the end of August 2002. Settlement prices ranged from $313.40 on 3 September 2002 to $325.90 on 24 September 2002, a spread of $12.50 (4.0%), narrower than the 4.9% average of the previous 12 months. Gold closed higher on 12 of 20 trading days and lower on 8; the strongest session was 30 September 2002 (+1.31%) and the weakest 25 September 2002 (−1.14%).
How September 2002 compares
- Against other Septembers: at +3.68%, September 2002 ranks 10th of 27 Septembers since 2000 (best first).
- Against every month: it ranks 84th of 313 months since September 2000, better than 73% of them.
- Range: the gap between the highest and lowest close was $12.50, or 4.0% of the opening level, 0.8× the 4.9% average of the previous 12 months.
- Daily moves: the average day moved 0.62% (up or down), against 0.65% over the previous 12 months, so September 2002 was about as volatile as usual.
- Streaks: the longest run of higher closes was 5 days and the longest run of lower closes 3 days.
- Bigger picture: at the month-end close gold was +16.22% for 2002 to the end of September and +10.77% over 12 months (against the September 2001 close of $292.40).
- Average price: the mean of the 20 daily closes was $319.59; the World Bank's monthly average of the London (LBMA) price was $319.00.
Across the other 26 completed Septembers since 2000, gold averaged +0.30% and rose in 12 of them (46%). September 2002 beat 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 Septembers side by side.
September 2002 in today's dollars
Adjusted for US consumer-price inflation, the $323.90 closing price equals about $602 in September 2026 dollars (CPI 180.8 in September 2002 against 336.3 in September 2026, FRED series CPIAUCSL), 86% 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 2002
The gold price in 2002 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 2002?
Gold closed September 2002 at $323.90 an ounce (COMEX settlement). It opened the month at $313.40 and averaged $319.59 across 20 trading days; the World Bank’s London average for the month was $319.00.
Did gold go up in September 2002?
Yes. Gold was up 3.68% in September 2002, from $312.40 at the end of August 2002 to $323.90. It closed higher on 12 of 20 days. Among Septembers since 2000 it ranks 10th of 27 (best first).
What was the highest gold price in September 2002?
The highest close was $325.90 on 24 September 2002.
What was the lowest gold price in September 2002?
The lowest close was $313.40 on 3 September 2002, $12.50 (4.0%) below the month’s highest close.
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