Silver hits are of the highest time of all time because London Sques Sparks Market Havoc

Silver prices touched the highest height of all time exceeding $ 52.50 for an ounce, as the historic brief compression of London increased the rally, which led to increasing demand for safe property.

The prices of the performance rose as much as 0.4% to $ 52.5868 per ounce in London, exceeding the 1980s. January Consciousness based on the current contract, which is overseen by the Chicago Trade Board, the billionaire Hunt’s brothers tried to disguise the market. Gold also rose to another record high place, building for eight straight weeks.

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The concern about the lack of liquidity in London has led to silver hunting worldwide, and the reference prices have increased to almost inconsistent levels in New York. This encourages some traders to book cargo time stages on transatlantic flights for silver bars – an expensive mode of transport, usually reserved for gold – to get higher prices of London. On Tuesday, Premium was about $ 1.55 for an ounce on Tuesday – since last week’s increase of $ 3.

Silver rental prices reflecting the annual metal borrowing costs on the London market were stubborn this year, but on Friday, one month increased to more than 30%. This creates eye -carrying costs for those who want to go beyond short positions. In recent weeks, the demand for India has increased the supply of available bars to trade in London, after this year it was urgent to send metal to New York this year after worries that metal could suffer from US tariffs, causing large dislocation between two supermarkets.

Although April The precious metals were officially exempt from tolls, and traders remain in the country before they completed the so-called 232 chapter probe to critical minerals-it is silver, as well as platinum and paladis. The study revived the fear that metals could be harmful to new tariffs by increasing the tightness of the market.

The silver market “is less liquid and about nine times smaller than gold, reinforcing prices,” wrote Goldman Sachs Group Inc. Analysts. “In addition to the central bank’s proposal, silver prices, even temporary retreating investment flows, can lead to a disproportionate amendment, as it would also eliminate London’s tightness, which has led most of the recent rally.”

The four main precious metals have increased from 56% to 81% this year at a rally dominated by the market market. The Gold’s Advance was based on the purchase of the Central Bank with rising stocks selling funds on the stock exchange, and the reduction of the Federal Reserve tariffs. Regular demand was also helped by the recurring trade tension in the US and China, threats to the Fed independence and the closure of the US government.

On Monday, Bank of America Corp. Analysts increased their 2026. By the end of the 19th century, the silver price of about $ 44 for an ounce of $ 65, indicating permanent market deficits, increased fiscal gaps and lower interest rates.

Investors have also considered the prospects for Fed’s money facilitation path before the next month’s decision of the Central Bank’s interest rate this month. Philadelphia’s Fed Bank President Anna Paulson said on Monday that she supports two more quarter -point reductions this year, as politics should take into account the impact of tariffs in raising consumer price. Lower borrowing costs beneficial to precious metals that do not pay interest.

Spot Gold increased by 0.5% – $ 4.129.80 per ounce of 7:38 p.m. In Singapore, after Monday, it rose by 2.3%. The Bloomberg Dollar Spot index was flat, growing about 1%last week. Silver increased by 0.3%and Platinum and Palladium jumped.

-Well Mark Burton.

(The previous version of this story has corrected time in the last paragraph)

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