Gold after Dot-com peak (10 Mar 2000)
After Dot-com peak on 10 Mar 2000, gold was 4.7% lower three months on and 12.3% lower twelve months on, measured from the Feb 2000 monthly average of $300 a troy ounce.
- Gold before
- $300
- Feb 2000
- Gold +3 months
- -4.7%
- Gold +12 months
- -12.3%
- Silver +12 months
- -15.4%
In context
The Nasdaq Composite peaked at 5,048.62; by October 2002 the Nasdaq-100 was down 78%.
Over the same months silver was 3.8% lower three months on and 15.4% lower twelve months on.
Of the 29 market or central-bank moments on the chart with a full year after them, this ranks 27th for gold twelve months on.
The market or central-bank moment before it on the chart: Washington Agreement on Gold (26 Sep 1999).
The one after: 9/11 (11 Sep 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: en.wikipedia.org.
Updated Oct 2026 · record through Oct 2026