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 24 September 2010, not the current price.See today's gold price (11 September 2026)
Highest closing price since 1 September 2010
Gold closed at $1,296.00 per troy ounce on 24 September 2010, up $1.700 (0.13%) from the previous close of $1,294.30.
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.
Metal value only, before dealer margins and fabrication.
Twelve months earlier gold traded around $997.50, making this a +29.92% move year on year.
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Gold closed at $1,296.00 per troy ounce on 24 September 2010. That is $1.70 higher than the previous close of $1,294.30, a move of 0.13%.
The gold price rose on 24 September 2010, gaining $1.70 (0.13%) against the previous session's close of $1,294.30.
At $1,296.00 per troy ounce, one gram of pure gold was worth about $41.67 on 24 September 2010. A troy ounce is 31.1034768 grams.
Scrap value follows purity, so on 24 September 2010 18k gold was worth about $31.25 per gram and 14k about $24.31 per gram, against $41.67 for pure 24k. These are melt values before any dealer margin.
The gold-to-silver ratio closed at about 60.6 on 24 September 2010, meaning one ounce of gold was worth roughly 60.6 ounces of silver.
A month before 24 September 2010, gold was around $1,231.80 per troy ounce, so the close of $1,296.00 is a gain of 5.2% over the month.
A year before 24 September 2010, gold was around $997.50 per troy ounce. The close of $1,296.00 therefore represents a rise of 29.9% 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 0.90% below the highest close on record up to that date, which was set on 2010-09-01.