Year to date, gold is up 29.71% as of 9 a.m. ET. The 52-week intraday high reached $2,688.81 on Oct. 17, 2024, and the 52-week intraday low dropped to $1,911.85 on Oct. 17, 2023.

The price of gold has surpassed yet another price record. Here's why you shouldn't wait any longer to get invested.

Investing in gold seems like a throwback, yet this precious metal is hitting new highs and attracting new investors. How do you buy gold—and should you?

The price of gold traded at $2,681.81 per troy ounce, as of 9 a.m. ET. That’s up 1.26% from yesterday’s gold price per ounce and up 29.79% since the beginning of the year. The lowest trading price within the last 24 hours: $2,646.14 per ounce. The highest gold spot price in the last 24 hours: $2,685.27 per ounce.

If you want to wait for gold prices to fall to invest, you first need to be sure that's something that will happen. While there's a chance they will, it's just not guaranteed — especially with the many economic and geopolitical factors (plus a presidential election) currently at work. That means waiting could come with quite the opportunity cost.

The price of 10 gm of 24 carat gold is Rs. 78293.0/10 grams in Delhi, whereas 1 kg of silver is Rs. 100000.0/Kg in Delhi.