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 20 September 2010, not the current price.See today's gold price (11 September 2026)
Highest closing price since 1 September 2010
Gold closed at $1,279.00 per troy ounce on 20 September 2010, up $3.400 (0.27%) from the previous close of $1,275.60.
This close extended a run of 3 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 2.20% below the highest gold close recorded up to that date, set on 2010-09-01.
Metal value only, before dealer margins and fabrication.
Twelve months earlier gold traded around $1,009.20, making this a +26.73% move year on year.
Figures in this section are shown in USD, independent of the currency selected above.
Gold closed at $1,279.00 per troy ounce on 20 September 2010. That is $3.40 higher than the previous close of $1,275.60, a move of 0.27%.
The gold price rose on 20 September 2010, gaining $3.40 (0.27%) against the previous session's close of $1,275.60.
At $1,279.00 per troy ounce, one gram of pure gold was worth about $41.12 on 20 September 2010. A troy ounce is 31.1034768 grams.
Scrap value follows purity, so on 20 September 2010 18k gold was worth about $30.84 per gram and 14k about $23.99 per gram, against $41.12 for pure 24k. These are melt values before any dealer margin.
The gold-to-silver ratio closed at about 61.6 on 20 September 2010, meaning one ounce of gold was worth roughly 61.6 ounces of silver.
A week before 20 September 2010, gold was around $1,245.10 per troy ounce, so the close of $1,279.00 is a gain of 2.7% over the week.
A year before 20 September 2010, gold was around $1,009.20 per troy ounce. The close of $1,279.00 therefore represents a rise of 26.7% over twelve months.
This close was session 3 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 2.20% below the highest close on record up to that date, which was set on 2010-09-01.