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On Monday, precious metal prices ticked upwards. Gold reached $4,362 an ounce, marking gains of approximately 3.4%. Silver’s price hit $71.2 an ounce, a rally of about 4.7%. We look at some of the key factors that are driving this rally in precious metal prices as this week progresses.

In March, legislation was tabled in the U.S. House of Representatives seeking to modify the law under which vaults are approved to store precious metals like gold, silver and platinum. A companion bill was later tabled in the Senate this month. The SILVER Act, as the legislation is called, would significantly change the existing system through which these exchange-traded precious metals are stored in the U.S.

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Early this week, the price of silver jumped by just over 6% to reach $85.30 an ounce. This came as markets awaited the summit due to be held in Beijing between President Trump and Xi Jinping of China. We unpack why markets reacted in this way in anticipation of the first visit by a sitting U.S. president to China in almost a decade.

According to data from the Customs Authority in China, imports of silver into the country jumped 173% when compared to the average imports of the metal over the past decade. This makes last month’s silver imports the highest ever recorded in the history of the country. We analyze the factors behind this rush for the metal and what it means for investors.

Now that the Easter holiday is behind us, many investors are wondering which price direction silver is going to take over the coming weeks. Such a query is valid given the somewhat erratic way in which the price of this metal has been moving lately. We explore some of the drivers that are exerting an influence on silver prices and could continue to do so.

In what is shaping up to be a bad month for precious metals, gold and silver prices have slumped further as concerns increase that the escalating war in the Middle East could lead to a spike in inflation and cause a recession in the global economy.

On Thursday, the prices of gold and silver retreated sharply, putting the precious metals on course to end the week on a low. Several factors could be behind this price movement as the usual suspects, such as a surging USD and rising Treasury yields don’t sufficiently explain this price correction.

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While gold and silver prices are currently experiencing significant volatility after rallying to record highs, AuAg Funds, a Swedish portfolio manager, has predicted that gold is set to reach $6,000 while silver will rise to $133 per ounce in the course of this year.

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As last week ended, the price of silver reached $100 per ounce for the first time ever and as this week got underway, it climbed even higher to set another record high of $109. The gains registered in the market for silver come at a time when gold has also been having its own rally that has taken it to new record levels.

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Lithium is a lightweight and highly efficient mineral with the ability to store energy for a significant amount of time. This explains why it remains in constant demand and why many consumers and industries favor lithium-ion batteries. Now, a recent study determined that the McDermitt Caldera may be home to one of the biggest deposits of lithium in the world.

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Every year in January, the BCOM (Bloomberg Commodity Index) conducts commodity rebalancing to ensure that no single commodity within the index accounts for more than 15% of the total value of the index. This rebalancing could result in the prices of gold and silver declining as BCOM sells part of their silver and gold holdings in order to lower their share of the index.

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According to a recent Yahoo Finance report by breaking business news reporter Jake Conley, gold and silver reached record highs in 2025, capping one of their strongest years on record, while industrial metals such as copper, aluminum, steel and lithium also posted substantial gains. The article highlights that, unlike precious metals benefiting primarily from safe-haven demand, much of the strength in industrial and battery metals is being driven by the global AI build-out and the accelerating energy transition.

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