Highest so far that week
This was the strongest close of the week up to that point.
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This page is a historical record of the gold price in 18 March 2010, not the current price.See today's gold price (11 September 2026)
Highest closing price since 5 March 2010
Gold closed at $1,127.40 per troy ounce on 18 March 2010, up $3.400 (0.30%) from the previous close of $1,124.00.
This close extended a run of 4 consecutive sessions of gains. Runs are more informative than any one day inside them: they show direction holding rather than a single session's noise.
This was the strongest close of the week up to that point.
This close sat 7.39% 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 $888.70, making this a +26.86% move year on year.
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Gold closed at $1,127.40 per troy ounce on 18 March 2010. That is $3.40 higher than the previous close of $1,124.00, a move of 0.30%.
The gold price rose on 18 March 2010, gaining $3.40 (0.30%) against the previous session's close of $1,124.00.
At $1,127.40 per troy ounce, one gram of pure gold was worth about $36.25 on 18 March 2010. A troy ounce is 31.1034768 grams.
Scrap value follows purity, so on 18 March 2010 18k gold was worth about $27.19 per gram and 14k about $21.14 per gram, against $36.25 for pure 24k. These are melt values before any dealer margin.
The gold-to-silver ratio closed at about 64.8 on 18 March 2010, meaning one ounce of gold was worth roughly 64.8 ounces of silver.
A year before 18 March 2010, gold was around $888.70 per troy ounce. The close of $1,127.40 therefore represents a rise of 26.9% over twelve months.
This close was session 4 of a consecutive run of gains. A run is counted by closes, so an intraday reversal that still closed in the same direction does not break it.
It closed 7.39% below the highest close on record up to that date, which was set on 2009-12-03.