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 28 April 2010, not the current price.See today's gold price (11 September 2026)
Highest closing price since 1 April 2010
Gold closed at $1,171.30 per troy ounce on 28 April 2010, up $9.600 (0.83%) from the previous close of $1,161.70.
This close extended a run of 4 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.
This close sat 3.79% below the highest gold close recorded up to that date, set on 2009-12-03.
Metal value only, before dealer margins and fabrication.
Twelve months earlier gold traded around $892.80, making this a +31.19% move year on year.
Figures in this section are shown in USD, independent of the currency selected above.
Gold closed at $1,171.30 per troy ounce on 28 April 2010. That is $9.60 higher than the previous close of $1,161.70, a move of 0.83%.
The gold price rose on 28 April 2010, gaining $9.60 (0.83%) against the previous session's close of $1,161.70.
At $1,171.30 per troy ounce, one gram of pure gold was worth about $37.66 on 28 April 2010. A troy ounce is 31.1034768 grams.
Scrap value follows purity, so on 28 April 2010 18k gold was worth about $28.24 per gram and 14k about $21.97 per gram, against $37.66 for pure 24k. These are melt values before any dealer margin.
The gold-to-silver ratio closed at about 64.7 on 28 April 2010, meaning one ounce of gold was worth roughly 64.7 ounces of silver.
A week before 28 April 2010, gold was around $1,148.20 per troy ounce, so the close of $1,171.30 is a gain of 2.0% over the week.
A month before 28 April 2010, gold was around $1,104.20 per troy ounce, so the close of $1,171.30 is a gain of 6.1% over the month.
A year before 28 April 2010, gold was around $892.80 per troy ounce. The close of $1,171.30 therefore represents a rise of 31.2% over twelve months.
This close was session 4 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 3.79% below the highest close on record up to that date, which was set on 2009-12-03.