Highest so far that week
This was the strongest close of the week up to that point.
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This page is a historical record of the gold price in 10 March 2008, not the current price.See today's gold price (11 September 2026)
Gold closed at $969.90 per troy ounce on 10 March 2008, down $2.300 (0.24%) from the previous close of $972.20.
This close extended a run of 3 consecutive sessions of losses. Runs are more informative than any one day inside them: they show direction holding rather than a single session's noise.
This was the strongest close of the week up to that point.
This close sat 1.65% below the highest gold close recorded up to that date, set on 2008-03-05.
Metal value only, before dealer margins and fabrication.
Twelve months earlier gold traded around $650.00, making this a +49.22% move year on year.
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Gold closed at $969.90 per troy ounce on 10 March 2008. That is $2.30 lower than the previous close of $972.20, a move of -0.24%.
The gold price fell on 10 March 2008, losing $2.30 (0.24%) against the previous session's close of $972.20.
At $969.90 per troy ounce, one gram of pure gold was worth about $31.18 on 10 March 2008. A troy ounce is 31.1034768 grams.
Scrap value follows purity, so on 10 March 2008 18k gold was worth about $23.39 per gram and 14k about $18.19 per gram, against $31.18 for pure 24k. These are melt values before any dealer margin.
The gold-to-silver ratio closed at about 49.2 on 10 March 2008, meaning one ounce of gold was worth roughly 49.2 ounces of silver.
A month before 10 March 2008, gold was around $918.40 per troy ounce, so the close of $969.90 is a gain of 5.6% over the month.
A year before 10 March 2008, gold was around $650.00 per troy ounce. The close of $969.90 therefore represents a rise of 49.2% over twelve months.
This close was session 3 of a consecutive run of losses. A run is counted by closes, so an intraday reversal that still closed in the same direction does not break it.
It closed 1.65% below the highest close on record up to that date, which was set on 2008-03-05.