Gold price in January 2010: daily prices, high, low and change
Gold closed January 2010 at $1,083.00 an ounce, down 1.11% on the month. The highest close was $1,150.70 on 11 Jan and the lowest $1,083.00 on 29 Jan. Every trading day below, with ranks and context computed from COMEX data.
Gold price chart, January 2010 (daily close and high-low range, US$ per ounce)
Gold line = daily settlement; bars = intraday high to low where available; dashed line = December 2009 close ($1,095.20).
Daily gold prices in January 2010 (19 trading days)
| Date | Open | High | Low | Close | Change | % change |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Mon 4 Jan best day | $1,117.70 | $1,122.30 | $1,097.10 | $1,117.70 | +$22.50 | +2.05% |
| Tue 5 Jan | $1,118.10 | $1,126.50 | $1,115.00 | $1,118.10 | +$0.40 | +0.04% |
| Wed 6 Jan | $1,135.90 | $1,139.20 | $1,120.70 | $1,135.90 | +$17.80 | +1.59% |
| Thu 7 Jan | $1,133.10 | $1,133.10 | $1,129.20 | $1,133.10 | −$2.80 | −0.25% |
| Fri 8 Jan | $1,138.20 | $1,138.20 | $1,122.70 | $1,138.20 | +$5.10 | +0.45% |
| Mon 11 Jan | $1,150.70 | $1,161.20 | $1,143.00 | $1,150.70 | +$12.50 | +1.10% |
| Tue 12 Jan | $1,128.90 | $1,157.20 | $1,127.20 | $1,128.90 | −$21.80 | −1.89% |
| Wed 13 Jan | $1,136.40 | $1,136.40 | $1,121.00 | $1,136.40 | +$7.50 | +0.66% |
| Thu 14 Jan | $1,137.00 | $1,145.90 | $1,132.80 | $1,142.60 | +$6.20 | +0.55% |
| Fri 15 Jan | $1,132.80 | $1,133.40 | $1,127.20 | $1,130.10 | −$12.50 | −1.09% |
| Tue 19 Jan | $1,139.70 | $1,139.70 | $1,130.50 | $1,139.70 | +$9.60 | +0.85% |
| Wed 20 Jan worst day | $1,123.30 | $1,133.00 | $1,109.80 | $1,112.30 | −$27.40 | −2.40% |
| Thu 21 Jan | $1,102.70 | $1,107.50 | $1,090.20 | $1,102.70 | −$9.60 | −0.86% |
| Fri 22 Jan | $1,089.20 | $1,095.40 | $1,083.00 | $1,089.20 | −$13.50 | −1.22% |
| Mon 25 Jan | — | — | — | $1,095.20 | +$6.00 | +0.55% |
| Tue 26 Jan | — | — | — | $1,097.90 | +$2.70 | +0.25% |
| Wed 27 Jan | — | — | — | $1,084.40 | −$13.50 | −1.23% |
| Thu 28 Jan | $1,087.80 | $1,095.70 | $1,073.20 | $1,083.60 | −$0.80 | −0.07% |
| Fri 29 Jan | $1,085.00 | $1,090.80 | $1,074.50 | $1,083.00 | −$0.60 | −0.06% |
Close = COMEX gold futures settlement in US dollars per troy ounce; change is against the previous trading day's close. Open, high and low are shown as — on 3 days where the source has no usable intraday data (common before 2012, when the front-month contract traded thinly in the data feed).
Monthly open, high, low and close
| January 2010 | Open | High | Low | Close | Change |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Settlements | $1,117.70 | $1,150.70 | $1,083.00 | $1,083.00 | −1.11% |
| Intraday | $1,117.70 | $1,161.20 11 Jan | $1,073.20 28 Jan | $1,083.00 | — |
Settlements: first, highest, lowest and last daily close of the month (the basis used on the 2010 page and the monthly returns heatmap). Intraday: the highest and lowest traded prices in the daily bars.
Source: COMEX gold futures (GC=F) daily settlements and intraday bars via Yahoo Finance; US CPI (FRED CPIAUCSL) for the inflation adjustment; World Bank Pink Sheet for the monthly London average. Figures are final settlements; sources may occasionally revise historical data.
Gold in January 2010: summary
Gold eased 1.11% in January 2010, from $1,095.20 at the end of December 2009 to $1,083.00 an ounce. Gold closed higher on 10 of 19 trading days and lower on 9; the strongest session was 4 January 2010 (+2.05%) and the weakest 20 January 2010 (−2.40%). Settlement prices ranged from $1,083.00 on 29 January 2010 to $1,150.70 on 11 January 2010, a spread of $67.70 (6.2%), narrower than the 8.4% average of the previous 12 months.
How January 2010 compares
- Against other Januaries: at −1.11%, January 2010 ranks 19th of 26 Januaries since 2001 (best first).
- Against every month: it ranks 205th of 313 months since September 2000, better than 35% of them.
- Range: the gap between the highest and lowest close was $67.70, or 6.2% of the opening level, 0.7× the 8.4% average of the previous 12 months.
- Daily moves: the average day moved 0.90% (up or down), against 1.03% over the previous 12 months, so January 2010 was about as volatile as usual.
- Streaks: the longest run of higher closes was 3 days and the longest run of lower closes 3 days.
- Bigger picture: at the month-end close gold was +16.79% over 12 months (against the January 2009 close of $927.30).
- Average price: the mean of the 19 daily closes was $1,116.83; the World Bank's monthly average of the London (LBMA) price was $1,118.00.
Across the other 25 completed Januaries since 2001, gold averaged +3.12% and rose in 17 of them (68%). January 2010 lagged that average by 4.2 percentage points. The gold seasonality tool shows the same statistics for every calendar month, and the monthly returns heatmap lays out all Januaries side by side.
January 2010 in today's dollars
Adjusted for US consumer-price inflation, the $1,083.00 closing price equals about $1,675 in September 2026 dollars (CPI 217.5 in January 2010 against 336.3 in September 2026, FRED series CPIAUCSL), 55% more than the nominal figure. The gold price history hub restates every year's close on the same basis, and the all-time-high tracker lists every record close in nominal dollars.
Gold price by month in 2010
The gold price in 2010 page has the year's open, high, low and close, and the monthly archive on the gold price history hub explains how these month pages are built.
Frequently asked questions
What was the gold price in January 2010?
Gold closed January 2010 at $1,083.00 an ounce (COMEX settlement). It opened the month at $1,117.70 and averaged $1,116.83 across 19 trading days; the World Bank’s London average for the month was $1,118.00.
Did gold go up in January 2010?
No. Gold was down 1.11% in January 2010, from $1,095.20 at the end of December 2009 to $1,083.00. It closed higher on 10 of 19 days. Among Januaries since 2001 it ranks 19th of 26 (best first).
What was the highest gold price in January 2010?
The highest close was $1,150.70 on 11 January 2010. The highest intraday price in the daily bars was $1,161.20 on 11 January 2010.
What was the lowest gold price in January 2010?
The lowest close was $1,083.00 on 29 January 2010, $67.70 (6.2%) below the month’s highest close. The lowest intraday price was $1,073.20 on 28 January 2010.
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