Distance from the record
This close sat 2.81% below the highest gold close recorded up to that date, set on 2010-10-14.
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This page is a historical record of the gold price in 26 October 2010, not the current price.See today's gold price (11 September 2026)
Gold closed at $1,338.00 per troy ounce on 26 October 2010, down $0.300 (0.02%) from the previous close of $1,338.30.
Gold barely moved, closing within 0.02% 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 2.81% below the highest gold close recorded up to that date, set on 2010-10-14.
Metal value only, before dealer margins and fabrication.
Twelve months earlier gold traded around $1,042.10, making this a +28.39% move year on year.
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Gold closed at $1,338.00 per troy ounce on 26 October 2010. That is $0.30 lower than the previous close of $1,338.30, a move of -0.02%.
The gold price fell on 26 October 2010, losing $0.30 (0.02%) against the previous session's close of $1,338.30.
At $1,338.00 per troy ounce, one gram of pure gold was worth about $43.02 on 26 October 2010. A troy ounce is 31.1034768 grams.
Scrap value follows purity, so on 26 October 2010 18k gold was worth about $32.26 per gram and 14k about $25.09 per gram, against $43.02 for pure 24k. These are melt values before any dealer margin.
The gold-to-silver ratio closed at about 56.2 on 26 October 2010, meaning one ounce of gold was worth roughly 56.2 ounces of silver.
A year before 26 October 2010, gold was around $1,042.10 per troy ounce. The close of $1,338.00 therefore represents a rise of 28.4% over twelve months.
It closed 2.81% below the highest close on record up to that date, which was set on 2010-10-14.