Distance from the record
This close sat 2.89% 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 23 December 2010, not the current price.See today's gold price (11 September 2026)
Gold closed at $1,380.00 per troy ounce on 23 December 2010, down $6.800 (0.49%) from the previous close of $1,386.80.
This close sat 2.89% 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 $1,093.30, making this a +26.22% move year on year.
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Gold closed at $1,380.00 per troy ounce on 23 December 2010. That is $6.80 lower than the previous close of $1,386.80, a move of -0.49%.
The gold price fell on 23 December 2010, losing $6.80 (0.49%) against the previous session's close of $1,386.80.
At $1,380.00 per troy ounce, one gram of pure gold was worth about $44.37 on 23 December 2010. A troy ounce is 31.1034768 grams.
Scrap value follows purity, so on 23 December 2010 18k gold was worth about $33.28 per gram and 14k about $25.88 per gram, against $44.37 for pure 24k. These are melt values before any dealer margin.
The gold-to-silver ratio closed at about 47.1 on 23 December 2010, meaning one ounce of gold was worth roughly 47.1 ounces of silver.
A year before 23 December 2010, gold was around $1,093.30 per troy ounce. The close of $1,380.00 therefore represents a rise of 26.2% over twelve months.
It closed 2.89% below the highest close on record up to that date, which was set on 2010-12-01.