Gold price in September 2017: daily prices, high, low and change
Gold closed September 2017 at $1,281.50 an ounce, down 2.64% on the month. The highest close was $1,346.00 on 8 Sep and the lowest $1,281.50 on 29 Sep. Every trading day below, with ranks and context computed from COMEX data.
Gold price chart, September 2017 (daily close and high-low range, US$ per ounce)
Gold line = daily settlement; bars = intraday high to low where available; dashed line = August 2017 close ($1,316.20).
Daily gold prices in September 2017 (20 trading days)
| Date | Open | High | Low | Close | Change | % change |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Fri 1 Sep | $1,320.20 | $1,327.70 | $1,316.90 | $1,324.50 | +$8.30 | +0.63% |
| Tue 5 Sep best day | $1,335.20 | $1,339.20 | $1,328.60 | $1,339.20 | +$14.70 | +1.11% |
| Wed 6 Sep | $1,340.00 | $1,340.30 | $1,332.60 | $1,333.90 | −$5.30 | −0.40% |
| Thu 7 Sep | $1,336.40 | $1,349.00 | $1,336.40 | $1,345.10 | +$11.20 | +0.84% |
| Fri 8 Sep | $1,351.00 | $1,355.80 | $1,345.60 | $1,346.00 | +$0.90 | +0.07% |
| Mon 11 Sep | $1,331.00 | $1,331.00 | $1,327.30 | $1,331.00 | −$15.00 | −1.11% |
| Tue 12 Sep | $1,327.00 | $1,328.00 | $1,325.20 | $1,328.00 | −$3.00 | −0.23% |
| Wed 13 Sep | — | — | — | $1,323.40 | −$4.60 | −0.35% |
| Thu 14 Sep | $1,319.60 | $1,329.30 | $1,319.60 | $1,324.70 | +$1.30 | +0.10% |
| Fri 15 Sep | $1,320.60 | $1,321.20 | $1,319.80 | $1,320.40 | −$4.30 | −0.32% |
| Mon 18 Sep | $1,309.80 | $1,310.40 | $1,306.00 | $1,306.30 | −$14.10 | −1.07% |
| Tue 19 Sep | $1,307.90 | $1,310.30 | $1,305.10 | $1,306.20 | −$0.10 | −0.01% |
| Wed 20 Sep | $1,312.00 | $1,312.00 | $1,298.70 | $1,312.00 | +$5.80 | +0.44% |
| Thu 21 Sep worst day | $1,299.10 | $1,304.10 | $1,290.30 | $1,290.60 | −$21.40 | −1.63% |
| Fri 22 Sep | $1,295.00 | $1,295.70 | $1,293.30 | $1,293.30 | +$2.70 | +0.21% |
| Mon 25 Sep | $1,293.10 | $1,309.20 | $1,291.00 | $1,306.80 | +$13.50 | +1.04% |
| Tue 26 Sep | $1,304.50 | $1,305.60 | $1,297.00 | $1,297.00 | −$9.80 | −0.75% |
| Wed 27 Sep | — | — | — | $1,283.40 | −$13.60 | −1.05% |
| Thu 28 Sep | $1,283.10 | $1,288.00 | $1,277.00 | $1,285.50 | +$2.10 | +0.16% |
| Fri 29 Sep | $1,284.20 | $1,289.40 | $1,281.50 | $1,281.50 | −$4.00 | −0.31% |
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 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
| September 2017 | Open | High | Low | Close | Change |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Settlements | $1,324.50 | $1,346.00 | $1,281.50 | $1,281.50 | −2.64% |
| Intraday | $1,320.20 | $1,355.80 8 Sep | $1,277.00 28 Sep | $1,281.50 | — |
Settlements: first, highest, lowest and last daily close of the month (the basis used on the 2017 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 2017: summary
Gold lost ground 2.64% in September 2017, from $1,316.20 at the end of August 2017 to $1,281.50 an ounce. Gold closed higher on 9 of 20 trading days and lower on 11; the strongest session was 5 September 2017 (+1.11%) and the weakest 21 September 2017 (−1.63%). Settlement prices ranged from $1,281.50 on 29 September 2017 to $1,346.00 on 8 September 2017, a spread of $64.50 (4.9%), wider than the 4.8% average of the previous 12 months.
The $1,346.00 close on 8 September 2017 was gold's highest since 6 September 2016.
How September 2017 compares
- Against other Septembers: at −2.64%, September 2017 ranks 17th of 27 Septembers since 2000 (best first).
- Against every month: it ranks 249th of 313 months since September 2000, better than 21% of them.
- Range: the gap between the highest and lowest close was $64.50, or 4.9% of the opening level, 1.0× the 4.8% average of the previous 12 months.
- Daily moves: the average day moved 0.59% (up or down), against 0.55% over the previous 12 months, so September 2017 was about as volatile as usual.
- Streaks: the longest run of higher closes was 2 days and the longest run of lower closes 3 days.
- Bigger picture: at the month-end close gold was +11.43% for 2017 to the end of September and −2.42% over 12 months (against the September 2016 close of $1,313.30).
- Average price: the mean of the 20 daily closes was $1,313.94; the World Bank's monthly average of the London (LBMA) price was $1,314.00.
Across the other 26 completed Septembers since 2000, gold averaged +0.54% and rose in 13 of them (50%). September 2017 lagged that average by 3.2 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 2017 in today's dollars
Adjusted for US consumer-price inflation, the $1,281.50 closing price equals about $1,749 in September 2026 dollars (CPI 246.4 in September 2017 against 336.3 in September 2026, FRED series CPIAUCSL), 36% 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 2017
The gold price in 2017 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 2017?
Gold closed September 2017 at $1,281.50 an ounce (COMEX settlement). It opened the month at $1,324.50 and averaged $1,313.94 across 20 trading days; the World Bank’s London average for the month was $1,314.00.
Did gold go up in September 2017?
No. Gold was down 2.64% in September 2017, from $1,316.20 at the end of August 2017 to $1,281.50. It closed higher on 9 of 20 days. Among Septembers since 2000 it ranks 17th of 27 (best first).
What was the highest gold price in September 2017?
The highest close was $1,346.00 on 8 September 2017. The highest intraday price in the daily bars was $1,355.80 on 8 September 2017.
What was the lowest gold price in September 2017?
The lowest close was $1,281.50 on 29 September 2017, $64.50 (4.9%) below the month’s highest close. The lowest intraday price was $1,277.00 on 28 September 2017.
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