Distance from the record
This close sat 10.58% 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 24 March 2010, not the current price.See today's gold price (11 September 2026)
Lowest closing price since 10 February 2010
Gold closed at $1,088.60 per troy ounce on 24 March 2010, down $14.90 (1.35%) from the previous close of $1,103.50.
Notable session: lowest close of the month.
Gold moved the opposite way to the session before it. Single-day reversals are common and usually mean little on their own — what matters is whether the next few sessions follow.
This close sat 10.58% below the highest gold close recorded up to that date, set on 2009-12-03.
One of the ten lowest gold closes of that year, ranking 244 of 253 sessions.
Metal value only, before dealer margins and fabrication.
Twelve months earlier gold traded around $923.30, making this a +17.90% move year on year.
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Gold closed at $1,088.60 per troy ounce on 24 March 2010. That is $14.90 lower than the previous close of $1,103.50, a move of -1.35%.
The gold price fell on 24 March 2010, losing $14.90 (1.35%) against the previous session's close of $1,103.50.
At $1,088.60 per troy ounce, one gram of pure gold was worth about $35.00 on 24 March 2010. A troy ounce is 31.1034768 grams.
Scrap value follows purity, so on 24 March 2010 18k gold was worth about $26.25 per gram and 14k about $20.42 per gram, against $35.00 for pure 24k. These are melt values before any dealer margin.
The gold-to-silver ratio closed at about 65.5 on 24 March 2010, meaning one ounce of gold was worth roughly 65.5 ounces of silver.
A week before 24 March 2010, gold was around $1,124.00 per troy ounce, so the close of $1,088.60 is a loss of 3.1% over the week.
A year before 24 March 2010, gold was around $923.30 per troy ounce. The close of $1,088.60 therefore represents a rise of 17.9% over twelve months.
It closed 10.58% below the highest close on record up to that date, which was set on 2009-12-03.