Palladium Price in 2010
In 2010, the price of palladium averaged $531 per troy ounce, up 99.6% from the year before. This page covers the 2010 average, high, low, and year-end close, the events that moved the market, and what that palladium would be worth in today's dollars.
2010 Average
$531
Annual average, USD/oz
Change vs 2009
+99.6%
from $266 in 2009
2010 High
$779
from daily trading data
2010 Low
$383
from daily trading data
Year-End Close
$761
last trading day of 2010
What happened to the palladium price in 2010
Palladium averaged $531 per troy ounce in 2010, surging 99.6% from the $266 average of 2009. Annual moves of that size are rare and put 2010 among the most explosive years in the metal's modern history. Daily trading data shows palladium moved between a low of $383 and a high of $779 during the year, ending 2010 at $761. The defining story of 2010: Price roughly doubles on recovering auto and Chinese demand and ETF flows.
The 2010s were a powerful bull market. A persistent structural deficit, driven by tightening gasoline-engine emissions rules that favor palladium, carried the metal from around $530 to over $1,500, overtaking both platinum and gold late in the decade.
Adjusted for inflation, palladium's 2010 average of $531 equals about $785 in today's dollars. The conversion uses US Bureau of Labor Statistics CPI-U annual averages, so treat it as a close approximation rather than an exact figure.
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Annual averages are USGS/Engelhard producer prices (1970 to 1988) and LBMA palladium prices (1989 to 2025) per troy ounce in US dollars. Where daily data exists, the per-year high, low, and close come from MetalCharts historical data. Inflation adjustments use BLS CPI-U annual averages.