Distance from the record
This close sat 4.74% below the highest gold close recorded up to that date, set on 2009-12-03.
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This page is a historical record of the gold price in 15 April 2010, not the current price.See today's gold price (11 September 2026)
Gold closed at $1,159.70 per troy ounce on 15 April 2010, up $0.700 (0.06%) from the previous close of $1,159.00.
Gold barely moved, closing within 0.06% 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 4.74% 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 $892.80, making this a +29.89% move year on year.
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Gold closed at $1,159.70 per troy ounce on 15 April 2010. That is $0.70 higher than the previous close of $1,159.00, a move of 0.06%.
The gold price rose on 15 April 2010, gaining $0.70 (0.06%) against the previous session's close of $1,159.00.
At $1,159.70 per troy ounce, one gram of pure gold was worth about $37.29 on 15 April 2010. A troy ounce is 31.1034768 grams.
Scrap value follows purity, so on 15 April 2010 18k gold was worth about $27.96 per gram and 14k about $21.75 per gram, against $37.29 for pure 24k. These are melt values before any dealer margin.
The gold-to-silver ratio closed at about 62.9 on 15 April 2010, meaning one ounce of gold was worth roughly 62.9 ounces of silver.
A year before 15 April 2010, gold was around $892.80 per troy ounce. The close of $1,159.70 therefore represents a rise of 29.9% over twelve months.
It closed 4.74% below the highest close on record up to that date, which was set on 2009-12-03.