Distance from the record
This close sat 2.41% below the highest gold close recorded up to that date, set on 2010-12-01.
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This page is a historical record of the gold price in 22 December 2010, not the current price.See today's gold price (11 September 2026)
Gold closed at $1,386.80 per troy ounce on 22 December 2010, down $1.400 (0.10%) from the previous close of $1,388.20.
Gold barely moved, closing within 0.10% 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 2.41% below the highest gold close recorded up to that date, set on 2010-12-01.
Metal value only, before dealer margins and fabrication.
Twelve months earlier gold traded around $1,086.00, making this a +27.70% move year on year.
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Gold closed at $1,386.80 per troy ounce on 22 December 2010. That is $1.40 lower than the previous close of $1,388.20, a move of -0.10%.
The gold price fell on 22 December 2010, losing $1.40 (0.10%) against the previous session's close of $1,388.20.
At $1,386.80 per troy ounce, one gram of pure gold was worth about $44.59 on 22 December 2010. A troy ounce is 31.1034768 grams.
Scrap value follows purity, so on 22 December 2010 18k gold was worth about $33.44 per gram and 14k about $26.01 per gram, against $44.59 for pure 24k. These are melt values before any dealer margin.
The gold-to-silver ratio closed at about 47.2 on 22 December 2010, meaning one ounce of gold was worth roughly 47.2 ounces of silver.
A year before 22 December 2010, gold was around $1,086.00 per troy ounce. The close of $1,386.80 therefore represents a rise of 27.7% over twelve months.
It closed 2.41% below the highest close on record up to that date, which was set on 2010-12-01.