Highest so far that year
At the time, no session earlier in the year had closed higher.
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This page is a historical record of the gold price in 3 May 2010, not the current price.See today's gold price (11 September 2026)
Highest closing price since 3 December 2009
Gold closed at $1,182.70 per troy ounce on 3 May 2010, up $2.600 (0.22%) from the previous close of $1,180.10.
At the time, no session earlier in the year had closed higher.
This close sat 2.85% 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 $890.70, making this a +32.78% move year on year.
Figures in this section are shown in USD, independent of the currency selected above.
Gold closed at $1,182.70 per troy ounce on 3 May 2010. That is $2.60 higher than the previous close of $1,180.10, a move of 0.22%.
The gold price rose on 3 May 2010, gaining $2.60 (0.22%) against the previous session's close of $1,180.10.
At $1,182.70 per troy ounce, one gram of pure gold was worth about $38.02 on 3 May 2010. A troy ounce is 31.1034768 grams.
Scrap value follows purity, so on 3 May 2010 18k gold was worth about $28.52 per gram and 14k about $22.18 per gram, against $38.02 for pure 24k. These are melt values before any dealer margin.
The gold-to-silver ratio closed at about 62.9 on 3 May 2010, meaning one ounce of gold was worth roughly 62.9 ounces of silver.
A week before 3 May 2010, gold was around $1,153.50 per troy ounce, so the close of $1,182.70 is a gain of 2.5% over the week.
A year before 3 May 2010, gold was around $890.70 per troy ounce. The close of $1,182.70 therefore represents a rise of 32.8% over twelve months.
It closed 2.85% below the highest close on record up to that date, which was set on 2009-12-03.
The most recent higher close was about 5 months earlier — 103 trading sessions before this one.