Distance from the record
This close sat 4.84% below the highest gold close recorded up to that date, set on 2010-09-01.
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This page is a historical record of the gold price in 10 September 2010, not the current price.See today's gold price (11 September 2026)
Lowest closing price since 30 August 2010
Gold closed at $1,244.50 per troy ounce on 10 September 2010, down $4.400 (0.35%) from the previous close of $1,248.90.
Notable session: lowest close of the month.
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 close sat 4.84% below the highest gold close recorded up to that date, set on 2010-09-01.
Metal value only, before dealer margins and fabrication.
Twelve months earlier gold traded around $995.40, making this a +25.03% move year on year.
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Gold closed at $1,244.50 per troy ounce on 10 September 2010. That is $4.40 lower than the previous close of $1,248.90, a move of -0.35%.
The gold price fell on 10 September 2010, losing $4.40 (0.35%) against the previous session's close of $1,248.90.
At $1,244.50 per troy ounce, one gram of pure gold was worth about $40.01 on 10 September 2010. A troy ounce is 31.1034768 grams.
Scrap value follows purity, so on 10 September 2010 18k gold was worth about $30.01 per gram and 14k about $23.34 per gram, against $40.01 for pure 24k. These are melt values before any dealer margin.
The gold-to-silver ratio closed at about 62.8 on 10 September 2010, meaning one ounce of gold was worth roughly 62.8 ounces of silver.
A year before 10 September 2010, gold was around $995.40 per troy ounce. The close of $1,244.50 therefore represents a rise of 25.0% 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 4.84% below the highest close on record up to that date, which was set on 2010-09-01.