Distance from the record
This close sat 4.01% below the highest gold close recorded up to that date, set on 2009-12-03.
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This page is a historical record of the gold price in 4 May 2010, not the current price.See today's gold price (11 September 2026)
Gold closed at $1,168.60 per troy ounce on 4 May 2010, down $14.10 (1.19%) from the previous close of $1,182.70.
Notable session: lowest close of the month.
Gold moved the opposite way to the session before it. Single-day reversals are common and usually mean little on their own — what matters is whether the next few sessions follow.
This close sat 4.01% 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 $901.60, making this a +29.61% move year on year.
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Gold closed at $1,168.60 per troy ounce on 4 May 2010. That is $14.10 lower than the previous close of $1,182.70, a move of -1.19%.
The gold price fell on 4 May 2010, losing $14.10 (1.19%) against the previous session's close of $1,182.70.
At $1,168.60 per troy ounce, one gram of pure gold was worth about $37.57 on 4 May 2010. A troy ounce is 31.1034768 grams.
Scrap value follows purity, so on 4 May 2010 18k gold was worth about $28.18 per gram and 14k about $21.92 per gram, against $37.57 for pure 24k. These are melt values before any dealer margin.
The gold-to-silver ratio closed at about 65.6 on 4 May 2010, meaning one ounce of gold was worth roughly 65.6 ounces of silver.
A year before 4 May 2010, gold was around $901.60 per troy ounce. The close of $1,168.60 therefore represents a rise of 29.6% over twelve months.
It closed 4.01% below the highest close on record up to that date, which was set on 2009-12-03.