Distance from the record
This close sat 4.01% below the highest gold close recorded up to that date, set on 2010-06-18.
This page is a historical record of the gold price in 14 July 2010, not the current price.See today's gold price (11 September 2026)
Gold closed at $1,206.80 per troy ounce on 14 July 2010, down $6.500 (0.54%) from the previous close of $1,213.30.
This close sat 4.01% 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 $922.50, making this a +30.82% move year on year.
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Gold closed at $1,206.80 per troy ounce on 14 July 2010. That is $6.50 lower than the previous close of $1,213.30, a move of -0.54%.
The gold price fell on 14 July 2010, losing $6.50 (0.54%) against the previous session's close of $1,213.30.
At $1,206.80 per troy ounce, one gram of pure gold was worth about $38.80 on 14 July 2010. A troy ounce is 31.1034768 grams.
Scrap value follows purity, so on 14 July 2010 18k gold was worth about $29.10 per gram and 14k about $22.63 per gram, against $38.80 for pure 24k. These are melt values before any dealer margin.
The gold-to-silver ratio closed at about 66.0 on 14 July 2010, meaning one ounce of gold was worth roughly 66.0 ounces of silver.
A year before 14 July 2010, gold was around $922.50 per troy ounce. The close of $1,206.80 therefore represents a rise of 30.8% over twelve months.
It closed 4.01% below the highest close on record up to that date, which was set on 2010-06-18.