Gold price in September 2012: daily prices, high, low and change
Gold closed September 2012 at $1,771.10 an ounce, up 5.13% on the month. The highest close was $1,777.60 on 27 Sep and the lowest $1,690.80 on 5 Sep. Every trading day below, with ranks and context computed from COMEX data.
Gold price chart, September 2012 (daily close and high-low range, US$ per ounce)
Gold line = daily settlement; bars = intraday high to low where available; dashed line = August 2012 close ($1,684.60).
Daily gold prices in September 2012 (19 trading days)
| Date | Open | High | Low | Close | Change | % change |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Tue 4 Sep | $1,689.10 | $1,698.00 | $1,687.70 | $1,692.90 | +$8.30 | +0.49% |
| Wed 5 Sep | $1,690.40 | $1,693.30 | $1,690.40 | $1,690.80 | −$2.10 | −0.12% |
| Thu 6 Sep | $1,696.40 | $1,712.40 | $1,696.40 | $1,702.60 | +$11.80 | +0.70% |
| Fri 7 Sep | $1,696.70 | $1,738.20 | $1,696.70 | $1,737.50 | +$34.90 | +2.05% |
| Mon 10 Sep | $1,733.10 | $1,733.50 | $1,727.20 | $1,728.70 | −$8.80 | −0.51% |
| Tue 11 Sep | $1,736.00 | $1,736.00 | $1,731.80 | $1,731.80 | +$3.10 | +0.18% |
| Wed 12 Sep | $1,742.20 | $1,742.30 | $1,730.50 | $1,730.60 | −$1.20 | −0.07% |
| Thu 13 Sep best day | $1,728.70 | $1,769.10 | $1,728.70 | $1,769.10 | +$38.50 | +2.22% |
| Fri 14 Sep | $1,771.00 | $1,774.50 | $1,766.00 | $1,769.80 | +$0.70 | +0.04% |
| Mon 17 Sep | $1,774.80 | $1,774.80 | $1,753.80 | $1,767.70 | −$2.10 | −0.12% |
| Tue 18 Sep | $1,766.30 | $1,768.40 | $1,766.30 | $1,768.40 | +$0.70 | +0.04% |
| Wed 19 Sep | $1,776.00 | $1,778.50 | $1,768.00 | $1,769.00 | +$0.60 | +0.03% |
| Thu 20 Sep | $1,769.10 | $1,771.30 | $1,760.60 | $1,767.70 | −$1.30 | −0.07% |
| Fri 21 Sep | $1,785.30 | $1,785.30 | $1,772.30 | $1,775.50 | +$7.80 | +0.44% |
| Mon 24 Sep worst day | — | — | — | $1,762.10 | −$13.40 | −0.75% |
| Tue 25 Sep | $1,772.60 | $1,772.70 | $1,763.80 | $1,763.80 | +$1.70 | +0.10% |
| Wed 26 Sep | $1,762.80 | $1,764.20 | $1,743.00 | $1,750.60 | −$13.20 | −0.75% |
| Thu 27 Sep | $1,752.60 | $1,780.20 | $1,750.70 | $1,777.60 | +$27.00 | +1.54% |
| Fri 28 Sep | $1,776.80 | $1,782.20 | $1,767.50 | $1,771.10 | −$6.50 | −0.37% |
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
| September 2012 | Open | High | Low | Close | Change |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Settlements | $1,692.90 | $1,777.60 | $1,690.80 | $1,771.10 | +5.13% |
| Intraday | $1,689.10 | $1,785.30 21 Sep | $1,687.70 4 Sep | $1,771.10 | — |
Settlements: first, highest, lowest and last daily close of the month (the basis used on the 2012 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 September 2012: summary
Gold climbed 5.13% in September 2012, settling the month at $1,771.10 an ounce against $1,684.60 at the end of August 2012. Gold closed higher on 11 of 19 trading days and lower on 8; the strongest session was 13 September 2012 (+2.22%) and the weakest 24 September 2012 (−0.75%). Settlement prices ranged from $1,690.80 on 5 September 2012 to $1,777.60 on 27 September 2012, a spread of $86.80 (5.2%), narrower than the 7.2% average of the previous 12 months.
It was gold's 4th monthly gain in a row.
How September 2012 compares
- Against other Septembers: at +5.13%, September 2012 ranks 8th of 27 Septembers since 2000 (best first).
- Against every month: it ranks 64th of 313 months since September 2000, better than 80% of them.
- Range: the gap between the highest and lowest close was $86.80, or 5.2% of the opening level, 0.7× the 7.2% average of the previous 12 months.
- Daily moves: the average day moved 0.56% (up or down), against 0.98% over the previous 12 months, so September 2012 was calmer than usual.
- Streaks: the longest run of higher closes was 2 days and the longest run of lower closes 1 day.
- Bigger picture: at the month-end close gold was +13.11% for 2012 to the end of September and +9.30% over 12 months (against the September 2011 close of $1,620.40).
- Average price: the mean of the 19 daily closes was $1,748.81; the World Bank's monthly average of the London (LBMA) price was $1,745.00.
Across the other 26 completed Septembers since 2000, gold averaged +0.24% and rose in 12 of them (46%). September 2012 beat that average by 4.9 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 2012 in today's dollars
Adjusted for US consumer-price inflation, the $1,771.10 closing price equals about $2,578 in September 2026 dollars (CPI 231.0 in September 2012 against 336.3 in September 2026, FRED series CPIAUCSL), 46% 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 2012
The gold price in 2012 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 2012?
Gold closed September 2012 at $1,771.10 an ounce (COMEX settlement). It opened the month at $1,692.90 and averaged $1,748.81 across 19 trading days; the World Bank’s London average for the month was $1,745.00.
Did gold go up in September 2012?
Yes. Gold was up 5.13% in September 2012, from $1,684.60 at the end of August 2012 to $1,771.10. It closed higher on 11 of 19 days. Among Septembers since 2000 it ranks 8th of 27 (best first).
What was the highest gold price in September 2012?
The highest close was $1,777.60 on 27 September 2012. The highest intraday price in the daily bars was $1,785.30 on 21 September 2012.
What was the lowest gold price in September 2012?
The lowest close was $1,690.80 on 5 September 2012, $86.80 (5.2%) below the month’s highest close. The lowest intraday price was $1,687.70 on 4 September 2012.
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