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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 March 2010, not the current price.See today's gold price (11 September 2026)
Highest closing price since 11 January 2010
Gold closed at $1,142.70 per troy ounce on 3 March 2010, up $5.800 (0.51%) from the previous close of $1,136.90.
Notable session: highest close of the month.
No earlier session that month closed above this level.
This close sat 6.14% 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 $912.90, making this a +25.17% move year on year.
Figures in this section are shown in USD, independent of the currency selected above.
Gold closed at $1,142.70 per troy ounce on 3 March 2010. That is $5.80 higher than the previous close of $1,136.90, a move of 0.51%.
The gold price rose on 3 March 2010, gaining $5.80 (0.51%) against the previous session's close of $1,136.90.
At $1,142.70 per troy ounce, one gram of pure gold was worth about $36.74 on 3 March 2010. A troy ounce is 31.1034768 grams.
Scrap value follows purity, so on 3 March 2010 18k gold was worth about $27.55 per gram and 14k about $21.43 per gram, against $36.74 for pure 24k. These are melt values before any dealer margin.
The gold-to-silver ratio closed at about 66.0 on 3 March 2010, meaning one ounce of gold was worth roughly 66.0 ounces of silver.
A week before 3 March 2010, gold was around $1,096.50 per troy ounce, so the close of $1,142.70 is a gain of 4.2% over the week.
A year before 3 March 2010, gold was around $912.90 per troy ounce. The close of $1,142.70 therefore represents a rise of 25.2% over twelve months.
It closed 6.14% below the highest close on record up to that date, which was set on 2009-12-03.