Distance from the record
This close sat 3.99% below the highest gold close recorded up to that date, set on 2010-09-01.
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This page is a historical record of the gold price in 8 September 2010, not the current price.See today's gold price (11 September 2026)
Gold closed at $1,255.60 per troy ounce on 8 September 2010, down $1.700 (0.14%) from the previous close of $1,257.30.
Gold barely moved, closing within 0.14% of the previous session. Flat days are the majority of any price series and are most useful as the baseline the notable days are measured against.
This close sat 3.99% below the highest gold close recorded up to that date, set on 2010-09-01.
Metal value only, before dealer margins and fabrication.
Twelve months earlier gold traded around $997.90, making this a +25.82% move year on year.
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Gold closed at $1,255.60 per troy ounce on 8 September 2010. That is $1.70 lower than the previous close of $1,257.30, a move of -0.14%.
The gold price fell on 8 September 2010, losing $1.70 (0.14%) against the previous session's close of $1,257.30.
At $1,255.60 per troy ounce, one gram of pure gold was worth about $40.37 on 8 September 2010. A troy ounce is 31.1034768 grams.
Scrap value follows purity, so on 8 September 2010 18k gold was worth about $30.28 per gram and 14k about $23.55 per gram, against $40.37 for pure 24k. These are melt values before any dealer margin.
The gold-to-silver ratio closed at about 62.8 on 8 September 2010, meaning one ounce of gold was worth roughly 62.8 ounces of silver.
A week before 8 September 2010, gold was around $1,307.80 per troy ounce, so the close of $1,255.60 is a loss of 4.0% over the week.
A year before 8 September 2010, gold was around $997.90 per troy ounce. The close of $1,255.60 therefore represents a rise of 25.8% over twelve months.
It closed 3.99% below the highest close on record up to that date, which was set on 2010-09-01.