Distance from the record
This close sat 6.64% 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 October 2012, not the current price.See today's gold price (11 September 2026)
Gold closed at $1,763.20 per troy ounce on 10 October 2012, up $0.200 (0.01%) from the previous close of $1,763.00.
Gold barely moved, closing within 0.01% 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 6.64% 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 $1,669.60, making this a +5.61% move year on year.
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Gold closed at $1,763.20 per troy ounce on 10 October 2012. That is $0.20 higher than the previous close of $1,763.00, a move of 0.01%.
The gold price rose on 10 October 2012, gaining $0.20 (0.01%) against the previous session's close of $1,763.00.
At $1,763.20 per troy ounce, one gram of pure gold was worth about $56.69 on 10 October 2012. A troy ounce is 31.1034768 grams.
Scrap value follows purity, so on 10 October 2012 18k gold was worth about $42.52 per gram and 14k about $33.07 per gram, against $56.69 for pure 24k. These are melt values before any dealer margin.
The gold-to-silver ratio closed at about 51.7 on 10 October 2012, meaning one ounce of gold was worth roughly 51.7 ounces of silver.
It closed 6.64% below the highest close on record up to that date, which was set on 2011-08-22.