Gold price in September 2010: daily prices, high, low and change
Gold closed September 2010 at $1,307.80 an ounce, up 4.77% on the month. The highest close was $1,308.50 on 29 Sep and the lowest $1,244.50 on 10 Sep. Every trading day below, with ranks and context computed from COMEX data.
Gold price chart, September 2010 (daily close and high-low range, US$ per ounce)
Gold line = daily settlement; bars = intraday high to low where available; dashed line = August 2010 close ($1,248.30); larger dots = new all-time-high closes.
Daily gold prices in September 2010 (21 trading days)
| Date | Open | High | Low | Close | Change | % change |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Wed 1 Sep | $1,246.30 | $1,254.30 | $1,243.60 | $1,246.30 | −$2.00 | −0.16% |
| Thu 2 Sep | $1,251.50 | $1,252.50 | $1,246.90 | $1,251.50 | +$5.20 | +0.42% |
| Fri 3 Sep | $1,249.20 | $1,249.20 | $1,240.00 | $1,249.20 | −$2.30 | −0.18% |
| Tue 7 Sep ATH | $1,257.30 | $1,258.00 | $1,255.50 | $1,257.30 | +$8.10 | +0.65% |
| Wed 8 Sep | $1,255.60 | $1,260.20 | $1,254.70 | $1,255.60 | −$1.70 | −0.14% |
| Thu 9 Sep worst day | $1,248.90 | $1,256.00 | $1,244.10 | $1,248.90 | −$6.70 | −0.53% |
| Fri 10 Sep | — | — | — | $1,244.50 | −$4.40 | −0.35% |
| Mon 13 Sep | — | — | — | $1,245.10 | +$0.60 | +0.05% |
| Tue 14 Sep ATH, best day | $1,269.70 | $1,272.40 | $1,253.40 | $1,269.70 | +$24.60 | +1.98% |
| Wed 15 Sep | $1,266.60 | $1,269.80 | $1,263.50 | $1,266.70 | −$3.00 | −0.24% |
| Thu 16 Sep ATH | $1,271.90 | $1,275.20 | $1,268.70 | $1,271.90 | +$5.20 | +0.41% |
| Fri 17 Sep ATH | $1,275.60 | $1,279.60 | $1,273.80 | $1,275.60 | +$3.70 | +0.29% |
| Mon 20 Sep ATH | $1,279.00 | $1,282.00 | $1,279.00 | $1,279.00 | +$3.40 | +0.27% |
| Tue 21 Sep | $1,272.40 | $1,289.80 | $1,271.80 | $1,272.40 | −$6.60 | −0.52% |
| Wed 22 Sep ATH | — | — | — | $1,290.20 | +$17.80 | +1.40% |
| Thu 23 Sep ATH | $1,294.30 | $1,294.30 | $1,289.40 | $1,294.30 | +$4.10 | +0.32% |
| Fri 24 Sep ATH | $1,296.00 | $1,297.40 | $1,294.20 | $1,296.00 | +$1.70 | +0.13% |
| Mon 27 Sep ATH | — | — | — | $1,296.70 | +$0.70 | +0.05% |
| Tue 28 Sep ATH | $1,287.50 | $1,308.60 | $1,287.50 | $1,306.60 | +$9.90 | +0.76% |
| Wed 29 Sep ATH | $1,309.40 | $1,312.50 | $1,305.00 | $1,308.50 | +$1.90 | +0.15% |
| Thu 30 Sep | $1,307.20 | $1,315.20 | $1,295.70 | $1,307.80 | −$0.70 | −0.05% |
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 4 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
| September 2010 | Open | High | Low | Close | Change |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Settlements | $1,246.30 | $1,308.50 | $1,244.50 | $1,307.80 | +4.77% |
| Intraday | $1,246.30 | $1,315.20 30 Sep | $1,240.00 3 Sep | $1,307.80 | — |
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 September 2010: summary
Gold gained 4.77% in September 2010, from $1,248.30 at the end of August 2010 to $1,307.80 an ounce. Gold closed higher on 13 of 21 trading days and lower on 8; the strongest session was 14 September 2010 (+1.98%) and the weakest 9 September 2010 (−0.53%). Settlement prices ranged from $1,244.50 on 10 September 2010 to $1,308.50 on 29 September 2010, a spread of $64.00 (5.1%), narrower than the 6.6% average of the previous 12 months.
Gold set 11 new all-time-high closes in September 2010, the highest at $1,308.50 on 29 September 2010. It was the month gold first closed above $1,300 (on 28 September 2010).
How September 2010 compares
- Against other Septembers: at +4.77%, September 2010 ranks 9th of 27 Septembers since 2000 (best first).
- Against every month: it ranks 68th of 313 months since September 2000, better than 79% of them.
- Range: the gap between the highest and lowest close was $64.00, or 5.1% of the opening level, 0.8× the 6.6% average of the previous 12 months.
- Daily moves: the average day moved 0.43% (up or down), against 0.80% over the previous 12 months, so September 2010 was calmer than usual.
- Streaks: the longest run of higher closes was 6 days and the longest run of lower closes 3 days.
- Bigger picture: at the month-end close gold was +19.41% for 2010 to the end of September and +29.74% over 12 months (against the September 2009 close of $1,008.00).
- Average price: the mean of the 21 daily closes was $1,273.04; the World Bank's monthly average of the London (LBMA) price was $1,271.00.
Across the other 26 completed Septembers since 2000, gold averaged +0.26% and rose in 12 of them (46%). September 2010 beat that average by 4.5 percentage points. The gold seasonality tool shows the same statistics for every calendar month, and the monthly returns heatmap lays out all Septembers side by side.
September 2010 in today's dollars
Adjusted for US consumer-price inflation, the $1,307.80 closing price equals about $2,015 in September 2026 dollars (CPI 218.3 in September 2010 against 336.3 in September 2026, FRED series CPIAUCSL), 54% 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 September 2010?
Gold closed September 2010 at $1,307.80 an ounce (COMEX settlement). It opened the month at $1,246.30 and averaged $1,273.04 across 21 trading days; the World Bank’s London average for the month was $1,271.00.
Did gold go up in September 2010?
Yes. Gold was up 4.77% in September 2010, from $1,248.30 at the end of August 2010 to $1,307.80. It closed higher on 13 of 21 days. Among Septembers since 2000 it ranks 9th of 27 (best first).
What was the highest gold price in September 2010?
The highest close was $1,308.50 on 29 September 2010. The highest intraday price in the daily bars was $1,315.20 on 30 September 2010. It was a new all-time-high close.
What was the lowest gold price in September 2010?
The lowest close was $1,244.50 on 10 September 2010, $64.00 (5.1%) below the month’s highest close. The lowest intraday price was $1,240.00 on 3 September 2010.
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