Gold price in July 2010: daily prices, high, low and change
Gold closed July 2010 at $1,181.70 an ounce, down 5.12% on the month. The highest close was $1,213.30 on 13 Jul and the lowest $1,158.00 on 27 Jul. Every trading day below, with ranks and context computed from COMEX data.
Gold price chart, July 2010 (daily close and high-low range, US$ per ounce)
Gold line = daily settlement; bars = intraday high to low where available; dashed line = June 2010 close ($1,245.50).
Daily gold prices in July 2010 (21 trading days)
| Date | Open | High | Low | Close | Change | % change |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Thu 1 Jul worst day | $1,206.30 | $1,242.40 | $1,204.50 | $1,206.30 | −$39.20 | −3.15% |
| Fri 2 Jul | $1,201.40 | $1,211.60 | $1,200.80 | $1,207.40 | +$1.10 | +0.09% |
| Tue 6 Jul | $1,207.30 | $1,211.80 | $1,190.50 | $1,194.80 | −$12.60 | −1.04% |
| Wed 7 Jul | — | — | — | $1,198.60 | +$3.80 | +0.32% |
| Thu 8 Jul | $1,195.80 | $1,203.30 | $1,189.30 | $1,195.80 | −$2.80 | −0.23% |
| Fri 9 Jul | $1,209.60 | $1,213.00 | $1,195.00 | $1,209.60 | +$13.80 | +1.15% |
| Mon 12 Jul | — | — | — | $1,198.50 | −$11.10 | −0.92% |
| Tue 13 Jul best day | $1,213.30 | $1,217.40 | $1,205.20 | $1,213.30 | +$14.80 | +1.23% |
| Wed 14 Jul | $1,212.00 | $1,213.80 | $1,202.40 | $1,206.80 | −$6.50 | −0.54% |
| Thu 15 Jul | — | — | — | $1,208.10 | +$1.30 | +0.11% |
| Fri 16 Jul | — | — | — | $1,188.00 | −$20.10 | −1.66% |
| Mon 19 Jul | $1,181.70 | $1,182.20 | $1,180.00 | $1,181.70 | −$6.30 | −0.53% |
| Tue 20 Jul | — | — | — | $1,191.50 | +$9.80 | +0.83% |
| Wed 21 Jul | $1,191.60 | $1,194.50 | $1,184.10 | $1,191.60 | +$0.10 | +0.01% |
| Thu 22 Jul | $1,195.50 | $1,196.00 | $1,194.40 | $1,195.50 | +$3.90 | +0.33% |
| Fri 23 Jul | $1,187.70 | $1,198.60 | $1,187.70 | $1,187.70 | −$7.80 | −0.65% |
| Mon 26 Jul | — | — | — | $1,183.00 | −$4.70 | −0.40% |
| Tue 27 Jul | — | — | — | $1,158.00 | −$25.00 | −2.11% |
| Wed 28 Jul | — | — | — | $1,160.40 | +$2.40 | +0.21% |
| Thu 29 Jul | $1,163.80 | $1,169.20 | $1,158.70 | $1,168.40 | +$8.00 | +0.69% |
| Fri 30 Jul | $1,168.20 | $1,183.10 | $1,166.00 | $1,181.70 | +$13.30 | +1.14% |
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 8 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
| July 2010 | Open | High | Low | Close | Change |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Settlements | $1,206.30 | $1,213.30 | $1,158.00 | $1,181.70 | −5.12% |
Settlements: first, highest, lowest and last daily close of the month (the basis used on the 2010 page and the monthly returns heatmap). Intraday highs and lows are not shown because the source lacks usable intraday data for part of this month.
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 July 2010: summary
Gold lost ground 5.12% in July 2010, settling the month at $1,181.70 an ounce against $1,245.50 at the end of June 2010. Gold closed higher on 11 of 21 trading days and lower on 10; the strongest session was 13 July 2010 (+1.23%) and the weakest 1 July 2010 (−3.15%). Settlement prices ranged from $1,158.00 on 27 July 2010 to $1,213.30 on 13 July 2010, a spread of $55.30 (4.4%), narrower than the 6.5% average of the previous 12 months.
On the monthly change, July 2010 was the 2nd-worst July of the 26 since 2001. It ended a run of 3 straight monthly gains.
How July 2010 compares
- Against other Julys: at −5.12%, July 2010 ranks 25th of 26 Julys since 2001 (best first).
- Against every month: it ranks 286th of 313 months since September 2000, better than 9% of them.
- Range: the gap between the highest and lowest close was $55.30, or 4.4% of the opening level, 0.7× the 6.5% average of the previous 12 months.
- Daily moves: the average day moved 0.83% (up or down), against 0.82% over the previous 12 months, so July 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 +7.90% for 2010 to the end of July and +23.91% over 12 months (against the July 2009 close of $953.70).
- Average price: the mean of the 21 daily closes was $1,191.75; the World Bank's monthly average of the London (LBMA) price was $1,193.00.
Across the other 25 completed Julys since 2001, gold averaged +1.17% and rose in 15 of them (60%). July 2010 lagged that average by 6.3 percentage points. The gold seasonality tool shows the same statistics for every calendar month, and the monthly returns heatmap lays out all Julys side by side.
July 2010 in today's dollars
Adjusted for US consumer-price inflation, the $1,181.70 closing price equals about $1,826 in September 2026 dollars (CPI 217.6 in July 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 July 2010?
Gold closed July 2010 at $1,181.70 an ounce (COMEX settlement). It opened the month at $1,206.30 and averaged $1,191.75 across 21 trading days; the World Bank’s London average for the month was $1,193.00.
Did gold go up in July 2010?
No. Gold was down 5.12% in July 2010, from $1,245.50 at the end of June 2010 to $1,181.70. It closed higher on 11 of 21 days. Among Julys since 2001 it ranks 25th of 26 (best first).
What was the highest gold price in July 2010?
The highest close was $1,213.30 on 13 July 2010.
What was the lowest gold price in July 2010?
The lowest close was $1,158.00 on 27 July 2010, $55.30 (4.4%) below the month’s highest close.
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