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This page is a historical record of the gold price in 8 October 2010, not the current price.See today's gold price (11 September 2026)
Gold closed at $1,344.20 per troy ounce on 8 October 2010, up $10.30 (0.77%) from the previous close of $1,333.90.
Metal value only, before dealer margins and fabrication.
Twelve months earlier gold traded around $1,055.40, making this a +27.36% move year on year.
Figures in this section are shown in USD, independent of the currency selected above.
Gold closed at $1,344.20 per troy ounce on 8 October 2010. That is $10.30 higher than the previous close of $1,333.90, a move of 0.77%.
The gold price rose on 8 October 2010, gaining $10.30 (0.77%) against the previous session's close of $1,333.90.
At $1,344.20 per troy ounce, one gram of pure gold was worth about $43.22 on 8 October 2010. A troy ounce is 31.1034768 grams.
Scrap value follows purity, so on 8 October 2010 18k gold was worth about $32.41 per gram and 14k about $25.21 per gram, against $43.22 for pure 24k. These are melt values before any dealer margin.
The gold-to-silver ratio closed at about 58.2 on 8 October 2010, meaning one ounce of gold was worth roughly 58.2 ounces of silver.
A month before 8 October 2010, gold was around $1,255.60 per troy ounce, so the close of $1,344.20 is a gain of 7.1% over the month.
A year before 8 October 2010, gold was around $1,055.40 per troy ounce. The close of $1,344.20 therefore represents a rise of 27.4% over twelve months.
It closed 0.95% below the highest close on record up to that date, which was set on 2010-10-01.