Gold price in September 2014: daily prices, high, low and change
Gold closed September 2014 at $1,210.50 an ounce, down 5.86% on the month. The highest close was $1,268.90 on 3 Sep and the lowest $1,210.50 on 30 Sep. Every trading day below, with ranks and context computed from COMEX data.
Gold price chart, September 2014 (daily close and high-low range, US$ per ounce)
Gold line = daily settlement; bars = intraday high to low where available; dashed line = August 2014 close ($1,285.80).
Daily gold prices in September 2014 (21 trading days)
| Date | Open | High | Low | Close | Change | % change |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Tue 2 Sep worst day | $1,284.50 | $1,286.40 | $1,262.50 | $1,263.70 | −$22.10 | −1.72% |
| Wed 3 Sep best day | $1,266.30 | $1,271.10 | $1,263.10 | $1,268.90 | +$5.20 | +0.41% |
| Thu 4 Sep | $1,268.70 | $1,272.70 | $1,260.40 | $1,265.10 | −$3.80 | −0.30% |
| Fri 5 Sep | $1,263.20 | $1,268.10 | $1,263.20 | $1,265.80 | +$0.70 | +0.06% |
| Mon 8 Sep | $1,268.40 | $1,268.40 | $1,252.70 | $1,252.70 | −$13.10 | −1.03% |
| Tue 9 Sep | — | — | — | $1,246.80 | −$5.90 | −0.47% |
| Wed 10 Sep | $1,256.70 | $1,256.70 | $1,243.50 | $1,243.50 | −$3.30 | −0.26% |
| Thu 11 Sep | — | — | — | $1,237.40 | −$6.10 | −0.49% |
| Fri 12 Sep | $1,227.00 | $1,229.90 | $1,227.00 | $1,229.90 | −$7.50 | −0.61% |
| Mon 15 Sep | $1,226.70 | $1,235.00 | $1,226.70 | $1,233.60 | +$3.70 | +0.30% |
| Tue 16 Sep | $1,238.30 | $1,238.30 | $1,235.20 | $1,235.20 | +$1.60 | +0.13% |
| Wed 17 Sep | $1,236.20 | $1,236.20 | $1,221.90 | $1,234.40 | −$0.80 | −0.06% |
| Thu 18 Sep | $1,216.20 | $1,225.70 | $1,216.20 | $1,225.70 | −$8.70 | −0.70% |
| Fri 19 Sep | $1,218.30 | $1,218.30 | $1,215.30 | $1,215.30 | −$10.40 | −0.85% |
| Mon 22 Sep | $1,214.90 | $1,216.80 | $1,212.40 | $1,216.80 | +$1.50 | +0.12% |
| Tue 23 Sep | — | — | — | $1,221.00 | +$4.20 | +0.35% |
| Wed 24 Sep | $1,218.60 | $1,218.60 | $1,216.80 | $1,218.60 | −$2.40 | −0.20% |
| Thu 25 Sep | $1,209.50 | $1,221.20 | $1,209.50 | $1,221.20 | +$2.60 | +0.21% |
| Fri 26 Sep | — | — | — | $1,214.10 | −$7.10 | −0.58% |
| Mon 29 Sep | $1,216.30 | $1,222.20 | $1,214.80 | $1,217.50 | +$3.40 | +0.28% |
| Tue 30 Sep | $1,214.80 | $1,218.20 | $1,204.00 | $1,210.50 | −$7.00 | −0.57% |
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 4 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 2014 | Open | High | Low | Close | Change |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Settlements | $1,263.70 | $1,268.90 | $1,210.50 | $1,210.50 | −5.86% |
| Intraday | $1,284.50 | $1,286.40 2 Sep | $1,204.00 30 Sep | $1,210.50 | — |
Settlements: first, highest, lowest and last daily close of the month (the basis used on the 2014 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 2014: summary
Gold fell 5.86% in September 2014, from $1,285.80 at the end of August 2014 to $1,210.50 an ounce. Gold closed higher on 8 of 21 trading days and lower on 13; the strongest session was 3 September 2014 (+0.41%) and the weakest 2 September 2014 (−1.72%). Settlement prices ranged from $1,210.50 on 30 September 2014 to $1,268.90 on 3 September 2014, a spread of $58.40 (4.5%), narrower than the 5.5% average of the previous 12 months.
That was the biggest monthly fall since June 2013.
How September 2014 compares
- Against other Septembers: at −5.86%, September 2014 ranks 25th of 27 Septembers since 2000 (best first).
- Against every month: it ranks 295th of 313 months since September 2000, better than 6% of them.
- Range: the gap between the highest and lowest close was $58.40, or 4.5% of the opening level, 0.8× the 5.5% average of the previous 12 months.
- Daily moves: the average day moved 0.46% (up or down), against 0.73% over the previous 12 months, so September 2014 was calmer than usual.
- Streaks: the longest run of higher closes was 2 days and the longest run of lower closes 5 days.
- Bigger picture: at the month-end close gold was +0.72% for 2014 to the end of September and −8.74% over 12 months (against the September 2013 close of $1,326.50).
- Average price: the mean of the 21 daily closes was $1,235.13; the World Bank's monthly average of the London (LBMA) price was $1,237.00.
Across the other 26 completed Septembers since 2000, gold averaged +0.67% and rose in 13 of them (50%). September 2014 lagged that average by 6.5 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 2014 in today's dollars
Adjusted for US consumer-price inflation, the $1,210.50 closing price equals about $1,714 in September 2026 dollars (CPI 237.5 in September 2014 against 336.3 in September 2026, FRED series CPIAUCSL), 42% 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 2014
The gold price in 2014 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 2014?
Gold closed September 2014 at $1,210.50 an ounce (COMEX settlement). It opened the month at $1,263.70 and averaged $1,235.13 across 21 trading days; the World Bank’s London average for the month was $1,237.00.
Did gold go up in September 2014?
No. Gold was down 5.86% in September 2014, from $1,285.80 at the end of August 2014 to $1,210.50. It closed higher on 8 of 21 days. Among Septembers since 2000 it ranks 25th of 27 (best first).
What was the highest gold price in September 2014?
The highest close was $1,268.90 on 3 September 2014. The highest intraday price in the daily bars was $1,286.40 on 2 September 2014.
What was the lowest gold price in September 2014?
The lowest close was $1,210.50 on 30 September 2014, $58.40 (4.5%) below the month’s highest close. The lowest intraday price was $1,204.00 on 30 September 2014.
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