Distance from the record
This close sat 2.48% below the highest gold close recorded up to that date, set on 2010-05-12.
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This page is a historical record of the gold price in 27 May 2010, not the current price.See today's gold price (11 September 2026)
Gold closed at $1,211.90 per troy ounce on 27 May 2010, down $1.400 (0.12%) from the previous close of $1,213.30.
Gold barely moved, closing within 0.12% 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 2.48% below the highest gold close recorded up to that date, set on 2010-05-12.
Metal value only, before dealer margins and fabrication.
Twelve months earlier gold traded around $953.20, making this a +27.14% move year on year.
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Gold closed at $1,211.90 per troy ounce on 27 May 2010. That is $1.40 lower than the previous close of $1,213.30, a move of -0.12%.
The gold price fell on 27 May 2010, losing $1.40 (0.12%) against the previous session's close of $1,213.30.
At $1,211.90 per troy ounce, one gram of pure gold was worth about $38.96 on 27 May 2010. A troy ounce is 31.1034768 grams.
Scrap value follows purity, so on 27 May 2010 18k gold was worth about $29.22 per gram and 14k about $22.73 per gram, against $38.96 for pure 24k. These are melt values before any dealer margin.
The gold-to-silver ratio closed at about 65.7 on 27 May 2010, meaning one ounce of gold was worth roughly 65.7 ounces of silver.
A week before 27 May 2010, gold was around $1,187.80 per troy ounce, so the close of $1,211.90 is a gain of 2.0% over the week.
A year before 27 May 2010, gold was around $953.20 per troy ounce. The close of $1,211.90 therefore represents a rise of 27.1% over twelve months.
It closed 2.48% below the highest close on record up to that date, which was set on 2010-05-12.