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 29 December 2010, not the current price.See today's gold price (11 September 2026)
Highest closing price since 6 December 2010
Gold closed at $1,413.10 per troy ounce on 29 December 2010, up $7.900 (0.56%) from the previous close of $1,405.20.
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.
One of the ten highest gold closes of that year, ranking 4 of 253 sessions.
Metal value only, before dealer margins and fabrication.
Twelve months earlier gold traded around $1,097.00, making this a +28.81% move year on year.
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Gold closed at $1,413.10 per troy ounce on 29 December 2010. That is $7.90 higher than the previous close of $1,405.20, a move of 0.56%.
The gold price rose on 29 December 2010, gaining $7.90 (0.56%) against the previous session's close of $1,405.20.
At $1,413.10 per troy ounce, one gram of pure gold was worth about $45.43 on 29 December 2010. A troy ounce is 31.1034768 grams.
Scrap value follows purity, so on 29 December 2010 18k gold was worth about $34.07 per gram and 14k about $26.50 per gram, against $45.43 for pure 24k. These are melt values before any dealer margin.
The gold-to-silver ratio closed at about 46.1 on 29 December 2010, meaning one ounce of gold was worth roughly 46.1 ounces of silver.
A year before 29 December 2010, gold was around $1,097.00 per troy ounce. The close of $1,413.10 therefore represents a rise of 28.8% 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 0.56% below the highest close on record up to that date, which was set on 2010-12-01.