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Gold's highest closing price on record
Gold closed at $1,180.10 per troy ounce on 1 April 2010, up $66.80 (6.00%) from the previous close of $1,113.30.
Notable session: moved more than 3% in a session.
Metal value only, before dealer margins and fabrication.
Twelve months earlier gold traded around $890.70, making this a +32.49% move year on year.
Figures in this section are shown in USD, independent of the currency selected above.
Gold closed at $1,180.10 per troy ounce on 1 April 2010. That is $66.80 higher than the previous close of $1,113.30, a move of 6.00%.
The gold price rose on 1 April 2010, gaining $66.80 (6.00%) against the previous session's close of $1,113.30.
At $1,180.10 per troy ounce, one gram of pure gold was worth about $37.94 on 1 April 2010. A troy ounce is 31.1034768 grams.
Scrap value follows purity, so on 1 April 2010 18k gold was worth about $28.46 per gram and 14k about $22.13 per gram, against $37.94 for pure 24k. These are melt values before any dealer margin.
The gold-to-silver ratio closed at about 63.4 on 1 April 2010, meaning one ounce of gold was worth roughly 63.4 ounces of silver.
A week before 1 April 2010, gold was around $1,113.30 per troy ounce, so the close of $1,180.10 is a gain of 6.0% over the week.
A month before 1 April 2010, gold was around $1,113.30 per troy ounce, so the close of $1,180.10 is a gain of 6.0% over the month.
A year before 1 April 2010, gold was around $890.70 per troy ounce. The close of $1,180.10 therefore represents a rise of 32.5% over twelve months.