Gold after 9/11 (11 Sep 2001)
After 9/11 on 11 Sep 2001, gold was 1.5% higher three months on and 17.3% higher twelve months on, measured from the Aug 2001 monthly average of $272 a troy ounce.
- Gold before
- $272
- Aug 2001
- Gold +3 months
- +1.5%
- Gold +12 months
- +17.3%
- Silver +12 months
- +9.5%
In context
Terrorist attacks on New York and Washington; U.S. equity markets closed until Sep 17.
Over the same months silver was 4.8% higher three months on and 9.5% higher twelve months on.
Of the 10 geopolitical or monetary shocks on the chart with a full year after them, this ranks 7th for gold twelve months on.
The market or central-bank moment before it on the chart: Dot-com peak (10 Mar 2000).
The one after: Afghanistan (7 Oct 2001).
Monthly average prices in U.S. dollars per troy ounce (Kitco.com and the World Bank Pink Sheet), from the last full month before a period to its last full month; the record runs Feb 1971 to Oct 2026. What the record did, not a forecast. Source: 9-11commission.gov.
Updated Oct 2026 · record through Oct 2026