Distance from the record
This close sat 33.08% below the highest gold close recorded up to that date, set on 2011-08-22.
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This page is a historical record of the gold price in 10 May 2016, not the current price.See today's gold price (11 September 2026)
Lowest closing price since 27 April 2016
Gold closed at $1,263.90 per troy ounce on 10 May 2016, down $1.700 (0.13%) from the previous close of $1,265.60.
Gold barely moved, closing within 0.13% of the previous session. Flat days are the majority of any price series and are most useful as the baseline the notable days are measured against.
This close sat 33.08% below the highest gold close recorded up to that date, set on 2011-08-22.
Metal value only, before dealer margins and fabrication.
Twelve months earlier gold traded around $1,189.10, making this a +6.29% move year on year.
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Gold closed at $1,263.90 per troy ounce on 10 May 2016. That is $1.70 lower than the previous close of $1,265.60, a move of -0.13%.
The gold price fell on 10 May 2016, losing $1.70 (0.13%) against the previous session's close of $1,265.60.
At $1,263.90 per troy ounce, one gram of pure gold was worth about $40.64 on 10 May 2016. A troy ounce is 31.1034768 grams.
Scrap value follows purity, so on 10 May 2016 18k gold was worth about $30.48 per gram and 14k about $23.70 per gram, against $40.64 for pure 24k. These are melt values before any dealer margin.
The gold-to-silver ratio closed at about 74.0 on 10 May 2016, meaning one ounce of gold was worth roughly 74.0 ounces of silver.
A week before 10 May 2016, gold was around $1,290.70 per troy ounce, so the close of $1,263.90 is a loss of 2.1% over the week.
It closed 33.08% below the highest close on record up to that date, which was set on 2011-08-22.