Commissions do not affect our editors' opinions or evaluations. The price of gold today, as of 9:12 am ET, was $3,303.74 per ounce. That’s down 0.43% from yesterday’s gold price of $3,317.95.

If you want to diversify your retirement savings and help protect yourself against inflation, you may consider gold IRAs (which can include a range of precious metals aside from just gold).

Read Less 30 May: The price of gold opened at £2,459.21 per ounce today, the highest opening price since £2,463.65 on May 27. Gold closed yesterday at £2,459.03, down 0.46% week-to-week.