Highest so far that month
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 October 2012, not the current price.See today's gold price (11 September 2026)
Gold closed at $1,777.30 per troy ounce on 3 October 2012, up $4.600 (0.26%) from the previous close of $1,772.70.
No earlier session that month closed above this level.
This close sat 5.90% below the highest gold close recorded up to that date, set on 2011-08-22.
One of the ten highest gold closes of that year, ranking 6 of 249 sessions.
Metal value only, before dealer margins and fabrication.
Twelve months earlier gold traded around $1,656.00, making this a +7.32% move year on year.
Figures in this section are shown in USD, independent of the currency selected above.
Gold closed at $1,777.30 per troy ounce on 3 October 2012. That is $4.60 higher than the previous close of $1,772.70, a move of 0.26%.
The gold price rose on 3 October 2012, gaining $4.60 (0.26%) against the previous session's close of $1,772.70.
At $1,777.30 per troy ounce, one gram of pure gold was worth about $57.14 on 3 October 2012. A troy ounce is 31.1034768 grams.
Scrap value follows purity, so on 3 October 2012 18k gold was worth about $42.86 per gram and 14k about $33.33 per gram, against $57.14 for pure 24k. These are melt values before any dealer margin.
The gold-to-silver ratio closed at about 51.3 on 3 October 2012, meaning one ounce of gold was worth roughly 51.3 ounces of silver.
A month before 3 October 2012, gold was around $1,684.60 per troy ounce, so the close of $1,777.30 is a gain of 5.5% over the month.
It closed 5.90% below the highest close on record up to that date, which was set on 2011-08-22.