Gold price in November 2011: daily prices, high, low and change
Gold closed November 2011 at $1,745.50 an ounce, up 1.24% on the month. The highest close was $1,798.40 on 8 Nov and the lowest $1,678.30 on 21 Nov. Every trading day below, with ranks and context computed from COMEX data.
Gold price chart, November 2011 (daily close and high-low range, US$ per ounce)
Gold line = daily settlement; bars = intraday high to low where available; dashed line = October 2011 close ($1,724.20).
Daily gold prices in November 2011 (21 trading days)
| Date | Open | High | Low | Close | Change | % change |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Tue 1 Nov | $1,706.70 | $1,720.10 | $1,682.50 | $1,711.00 | −$13.20 | −0.77% |
| Wed 2 Nov | $1,724.30 | $1,741.40 | $1,723.20 | $1,728.70 | +$17.70 | +1.03% |
| Thu 3 Nov best day | $1,740.50 | $1,766.00 | $1,726.60 | $1,764.20 | +$35.50 | +2.05% |
| Fri 4 Nov | $1,757.00 | $1,761.20 | $1,754.90 | $1,755.30 | −$8.90 | −0.50% |
| Mon 7 Nov | $1,755.30 | $1,797.00 | $1,755.30 | $1,790.30 | +$35.00 | +1.99% |
| Tue 8 Nov | $1,798.40 | $1,798.40 | $1,785.70 | $1,798.40 | +$8.10 | +0.45% |
| Wed 9 Nov | $1,793.00 | $1,793.00 | $1,774.20 | $1,790.90 | −$7.50 | −0.42% |
| Thu 10 Nov | $1,766.80 | $1,766.80 | $1,754.80 | $1,758.90 | −$32.00 | −1.79% |
| Fri 11 Nov | $1,777.00 | $1,789.10 | $1,777.00 | $1,787.50 | +$28.60 | +1.63% |
| Mon 14 Nov | — | — | — | $1,777.80 | −$9.70 | −0.54% |
| Tue 15 Nov | $1,779.20 | $1,783.10 | $1,761.30 | $1,781.70 | +$3.90 | +0.22% |
| Wed 16 Nov | $1,777.50 | $1,777.50 | $1,757.70 | $1,773.80 | −$7.90 | −0.44% |
| Thu 17 Nov worst day | $1,755.30 | $1,755.30 | $1,714.00 | $1,719.80 | −$54.00 | −3.04% |
| Fri 18 Nov | $1,725.00 | $1,736.00 | $1,719.00 | $1,724.70 | +$4.90 | +0.28% |
| Mon 21 Nov | $1,704.60 | $1,704.60 | $1,674.40 | $1,678.30 | −$46.40 | −2.69% |
| Tue 22 Nov | $1,675.40 | $1,702.20 | $1,675.40 | $1,702.20 | +$23.90 | +1.42% |
| Wed 23 Nov | $1,691.20 | $1,700.00 | $1,681.60 | $1,695.70 | −$6.50 | −0.38% |
| Fri 25 Nov | $1,690.10 | $1,693.50 | $1,675.30 | $1,685.50 | −$10.20 | −0.60% |
| Mon 28 Nov | — | — | — | $1,710.80 | +$25.30 | +1.50% |
| Tue 29 Nov | $1,711.30 | $1,718.40 | $1,704.00 | $1,713.40 | +$2.60 | +0.15% |
| Wed 30 Nov | $1,714.00 | $1,749.20 | $1,699.90 | $1,745.50 | +$32.10 | +1.87% |
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 2 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
| November 2011 | Open | High | Low | Close | Change |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Settlements | $1,711.00 | $1,798.40 | $1,678.30 | $1,745.50 | +1.24% |
| Intraday | $1,706.70 | $1,798.40 8 Nov | $1,674.40 21 Nov | $1,745.50 | — |
Settlements: first, highest, lowest and last daily close of the month (the basis used on the 2011 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 November 2011: summary
Gold inched higher 1.24% in November 2011, from $1,724.20 at the end of October 2011 to $1,745.50 an ounce. Settlement prices ranged from $1,678.30 on 21 November 2011 to $1,798.40 on 8 November 2011, a spread of $120.10 (7.0%), narrower than the 7.8% average of the previous 12 months. Gold closed higher on 11 of 21 trading days and lower on 10; the strongest session was 3 November 2011 (+2.05%) and the weakest 17 November 2011 (−3.04%).
How November 2011 compares
- Against other Novembers: at +1.24%, November 2011 ranks 12th of 26 Novembers since 2000 (best first).
- Against every month: it ranks 147th of 313 months since September 2000, better than 53% of them.
- Range: the gap between the highest and lowest close was $120.10, or 7.0% of the opening level, 0.9× the 7.8% average of the previous 12 months.
- Daily moves: the average day moved 1.13% (up or down), against 0.90% over the previous 12 months, so November 2011 was more volatile than usual.
- Streaks: the longest run of higher closes was 3 days and the longest run of lower closes 2 days.
- Bigger picture: at the month-end close gold was +22.83% for 2011 to the end of November and +26.03% over 12 months (against the November 2010 close of $1,385.00).
- Average price: the mean of the 21 daily closes was $1,742.59; the World Bank's monthly average of the London (LBMA) price was $1,739.00.
Across the other 25 completed Novembers since 2000, gold averaged +1.34% and rose in 14 of them (56%). November 2011 lagged that average by 0.1 percentage points. The gold seasonality tool shows the same statistics for every calendar month, and the monthly returns heatmap lays out all Novembers side by side.
November 2011 in today's dollars
Adjusted for US consumer-price inflation, the $1,745.50 closing price equals about $2,584 in September 2026 dollars (CPI 227.2 in November 2011 against 336.3 in September 2026, FRED series CPIAUCSL), 48% 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 2011
The gold price in 2011 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 November 2011?
Gold closed November 2011 at $1,745.50 an ounce (COMEX settlement). It opened the month at $1,711.00 and averaged $1,742.59 across 21 trading days; the World Bank’s London average for the month was $1,739.00.
Did gold go up in November 2011?
Yes. Gold was up 1.24% in November 2011, from $1,724.20 at the end of October 2011 to $1,745.50. It closed higher on 11 of 21 days. Among Novembers since 2000 it ranks 12th of 26 (best first).
What was the highest gold price in November 2011?
The highest close was $1,798.40 on 8 November 2011. The highest intraday price in the daily bars was $1,798.40 on 8 November 2011.
What was the lowest gold price in November 2011?
The lowest close was $1,678.30 on 21 November 2011, $120.10 (7.0%) below the month’s highest close. The lowest intraday price was $1,674.40 on 21 November 2011.
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