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This page is a historical record of the gold price in 12 August 2010, not the current price.See today's gold price (11 September 2026)
Highest closing price since 30 June 2010
Gold closed at $1,214.80 per troy ounce on 12 August 2010, up $17.30 (1.44%) from the previous close of $1,197.50.
No earlier session that month closed above this level.
This close sat 3.37% below the highest gold close recorded up to that date, set on 2010-06-18.
Metal value only, before dealer margins and fabrication.
Twelve months earlier gold traded around $950.70, making this a +27.78% move year on year.
Figures in this section are shown in USD, independent of the currency selected above.
Gold closed at $1,214.80 per troy ounce on 12 August 2010. That is $17.30 higher than the previous close of $1,197.50, a move of 1.44%.
The gold price rose on 12 August 2010, gaining $17.30 (1.44%) against the previous session's close of $1,197.50.
At $1,214.80 per troy ounce, one gram of pure gold was worth about $39.06 on 12 August 2010. A troy ounce is 31.1034768 grams.
Scrap value follows purity, so on 12 August 2010 18k gold was worth about $29.29 per gram and 14k about $22.78 per gram, against $39.06 for pure 24k. These are melt values before any dealer margin.
The gold-to-silver ratio closed at about 67.3 on 12 August 2010, meaning one ounce of gold was worth roughly 67.3 ounces of silver.
A year before 12 August 2010, gold was around $950.70 per troy ounce. The close of $1,214.80 therefore represents a rise of 27.8% over twelve months.
It closed 3.37% below the highest close on record up to that date, which was set on 2010-06-18.