The current price of an ounce of gold today Wednesday August 31, 2011. Investing in Precious Metals
The current price of an ounce of gold had to climb into positive territory over 2% due to a negative report related to the confidence of consumers in the United States because of fears regarding the crisis in the euro area by the not so positive comments by the head of the Chicago Fed.
The current price of an ounce of gold had positive numbers going up by 2.7% to quote and settle at $ 1,835.19 compared to $ 1,787.35 the previous day (Ounce Gold Price Tuesday, 30 August 2011) price per ounce of gold in the New York market.
On the other hand the current price of an ounce of platinum showed positive figures up by 1.9% to quote and settle at $ 1,852 per ounce price of an ounce Similarly palladium rose by 3% to list and placed in 772 , $ 25 per ounce price.