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No earlier session that month closed above this level.
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This page is a historical record of the gold price in 3 August 2010, not the current price.See today's gold price (11 September 2026)
Highest closing price since 23 July 2010
Gold closed at $1,185.20 per troy ounce on 3 August 2010, up $1.800 (0.15%) from the previous close of $1,183.40.
This close extended a run of 5 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.
No earlier session that month closed above this level.
This close sat 5.73% below the highest gold close recorded up to that date, set on 2010-06-18.
Metal value only, before dealer margins and fabrication.
Twelve months earlier gold traded around $956.60, making this a +23.90% move year on year.
Figures in this section are shown in USD, independent of the currency selected above.
Gold closed at $1,185.20 per troy ounce on 3 August 2010. That is $1.80 higher than the previous close of $1,183.40, a move of 0.15%.
The gold price rose on 3 August 2010, gaining $1.80 (0.15%) against the previous session's close of $1,183.40.
At $1,185.20 per troy ounce, one gram of pure gold was worth about $38.11 on 3 August 2010. A troy ounce is 31.1034768 grams.
Scrap value follows purity, so on 3 August 2010 18k gold was worth about $28.58 per gram and 14k about $22.23 per gram, against $38.11 for pure 24k. These are melt values before any dealer margin.
The gold-to-silver ratio closed at about 64.4 on 3 August 2010, meaning one ounce of gold was worth roughly 64.4 ounces of silver.
A week before 3 August 2010, gold was around $1,158.00 per troy ounce, so the close of $1,185.20 is a gain of 2.3% over the week.
A year before 3 August 2010, gold was around $956.60 per troy ounce. The close of $1,185.20 therefore represents a rise of 23.9% over twelve months.
This close was session 5 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 5.73% below the highest close on record up to that date, which was set on 2010-06-18.