Highest so far that year
At the time, no session earlier in the year had closed higher.
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This page is a historical record of the gold price in 11 January 2010, not the current price.See today's gold price (11 September 2026)
Highest closing price since 7 December 2009
Gold closed at $1,150.70 per troy ounce on 11 January 2010, up $12.50 (1.10%) from the previous close of $1,138.20.
Notable session: highest close of the month.
At the time, no session earlier in the year had closed higher.
This close sat 5.48% below the highest gold close recorded up to that date, set on 2009-12-03.
Metal value only, before dealer margins and fabrication.
Twelve months earlier gold traded around $854.30, making this a +34.70% move year on year.
Figures in this section are shown in USD, independent of the currency selected above.
Gold closed at $1,150.70 per troy ounce on 11 January 2010. That is $12.50 higher than the previous close of $1,138.20, a move of 1.10%.
The gold price rose on 11 January 2010, gaining $12.50 (1.10%) against the previous session's close of $1,138.20.
At $1,150.70 per troy ounce, one gram of pure gold was worth about $37.00 on 11 January 2010. A troy ounce is 31.1034768 grams.
Scrap value follows purity, so on 11 January 2010 18k gold was worth about $27.75 per gram and 14k about $21.58 per gram, against $37.00 for pure 24k. These are melt values before any dealer margin.
The gold-to-silver ratio closed at about 61.6 on 11 January 2010, meaning one ounce of gold was worth roughly 61.6 ounces of silver.
A week before 11 January 2010, gold was around $1,117.70 per troy ounce, so the close of $1,150.70 is a gain of 3.0% over the week.
A year before 11 January 2010, gold was around $854.30 per troy ounce. The close of $1,150.70 therefore represents a rise of 34.7% over twelve months.
It closed 5.48% below the highest close on record up to that date, which was set on 2009-12-03.