Distance from the record
This close sat 1.23% below the highest gold close recorded up to that date, set on 2010-05-12.
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This page is a historical record of the gold price in 14 May 2010, not the current price.See today's gold price (11 September 2026)
Gold closed at $1,227.40 per troy ounce on 14 May 2010, down $1.400 (0.11%) from the previous close of $1,228.80.
Gold barely moved, closing within 0.11% 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 1.23% below the highest gold close recorded up to that date, set on 2010-05-12.
Metal value only, before dealer margins and fabrication.
Twelve months earlier gold traded around $928.00, making this a +32.26% move year on year.
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Gold closed at $1,227.40 per troy ounce on 14 May 2010. That is $1.40 lower than the previous close of $1,228.80, a move of -0.11%.
The gold price fell on 14 May 2010, losing $1.40 (0.11%) against the previous session's close of $1,228.80.
At $1,227.40 per troy ounce, one gram of pure gold was worth about $39.46 on 14 May 2010. A troy ounce is 31.1034768 grams.
Scrap value follows purity, so on 14 May 2010 18k gold was worth about $29.60 per gram and 14k about $23.02 per gram, against $39.46 for pure 24k. These are melt values before any dealer margin.
The gold-to-silver ratio closed at about 63.9 on 14 May 2010, meaning one ounce of gold was worth roughly 63.9 ounces of silver.
A month before 14 May 2010, gold was around $1,159.00 per troy ounce, so the close of $1,227.40 is a gain of 5.9% over the month.
A year before 14 May 2010, gold was around $928.00 per troy ounce. The close of $1,227.40 therefore represents a rise of 32.3% over twelve months.
It closed 1.23% below the highest close on record up to that date, which was set on 2010-05-12.