Distance from the record
This close sat 4.50% 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 9 September 2010, not the current price.See today's gold price (11 September 2026)
Gold closed at $1,248.90 per troy ounce on 9 September 2010, down $6.700 (0.53%) from the previous close of $1,255.60.
This close sat 4.50% 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 $995.30, making this a +25.48% move year on year.
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Gold closed at $1,248.90 per troy ounce on 9 September 2010. That is $6.70 lower than the previous close of $1,255.60, a move of -0.53%.
The gold price fell on 9 September 2010, losing $6.70 (0.53%) against the previous session's close of $1,255.60.
At $1,248.90 per troy ounce, one gram of pure gold was worth about $40.15 on 9 September 2010. A troy ounce is 31.1034768 grams.
Scrap value follows purity, so on 9 September 2010 18k gold was worth about $30.11 per gram and 14k about $23.42 per gram, against $40.15 for pure 24k. These are melt values before any dealer margin.
The gold-to-silver ratio closed at about 63.0 on 9 September 2010, meaning one ounce of gold was worth roughly 63.0 ounces of silver.
A year before 9 September 2010, gold was around $995.30 per troy ounce. The close of $1,248.90 therefore represents a rise of 25.5% over twelve months.
It closed 4.50% below the highest close on record up to that date, which was set on 2010-09-01.