Distance from the record
This close sat 8.37% 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 12 September 2012, not the current price.See today's gold price (11 September 2026)
Gold closed at $1,730.60 per troy ounce on 12 September 2012, down $1.200 (0.07%) from the previous close of $1,731.80.
Gold barely moved, closing within 0.07% 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 8.37% 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 $1,809.90, making this a -4.38% move year on year.
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Gold closed at $1,730.60 per troy ounce on 12 September 2012. That is $1.20 lower than the previous close of $1,731.80, a move of -0.07%.
The gold price fell on 12 September 2012, losing $1.20 (0.07%) against the previous session's close of $1,731.80.
At $1,730.60 per troy ounce, one gram of pure gold was worth about $55.64 on 12 September 2012. A troy ounce is 31.1034768 grams.
Scrap value follows purity, so on 12 September 2012 18k gold was worth about $41.73 per gram and 14k about $32.46 per gram, against $55.64 for pure 24k. These are melt values before any dealer margin.
The gold-to-silver ratio closed at about 52.1 on 12 September 2012, meaning one ounce of gold was worth roughly 52.1 ounces of silver.
A week before 12 September 2012, gold was around $1,690.80 per troy ounce, so the close of $1,730.60 is a gain of 2.4% over the week.
A month before 12 September 2012, gold was around $1,619.70 per troy ounce, so the close of $1,730.60 is a gain of 6.8% over the month.
It closed 8.37% below the highest close on record up to that date, which was set on 2011-08-22.