Silver Soars to $19.95, Hits Highest Price Since 2008

U.S. silver prices on Friday closed at their highest level since March 2008, capping two straight weeks of gains. The metal soared 4.8% this week in New York after surging 5.8% last week. Silver as "the poor man’s gold" easily outperformed the yellow metal. In fact, the gold to silver ratio is at the lowest […]

Silver Prices Soar for Week, Silver Eagles Top 23M

Silver prices rallied this week in New York and London, with respective weekly gains of 5.8% and 4.9%. U.S. silver tracked gold and joined with increases in other precious metals, breaking a two-week losing streak. With the exception of a 4.4 cent dip on Thursday, silver moved higher each day since last week’s close. On […]

Silver Prices End Below $18, Bullion Coin Demand Plummets

U.S. silver prices fell 33.6 cents on Friday, marking four straight days of losses an pulling the metal a penny below $18 an ounce. Silver has fallen for two straight weeks. On Friday, September silver finished at $17.991 an ounce on the Comex in New York, registering a 0.7% weekly loss and hitting its lowest […]

US Silver Prices and Bullion Coins Decline for Week

U.S. silver prices fell 36.3 cents this week after rising 46.9 cents last week. Silver also broke away, to some degree, in tracking gold which was the only precious metal to post a weekly gain. On Friday, Silver for September delivery rose 4.4 cents, or 0.2 percent, to finish at $18.109 an ounce on the […]

Silver Prices Mark First Week of August with Gains

U.S. silver tracked gold during the first week in August, registering a weekly gain of 46.9 cents after falling 3.8 percent in July. Gold was lifted by a weaker dollar on Friday as poorer-than-expected jobs data cast shadows on the pace of the economic recovery. Investors sought less risky options, which included gold and silver. […]

Silver Prices Retreat in July 2010

U.S. silver marked a third straight day of gains Friday, but it still declined this week which set prices lower for July. On Friday, silver for September delivery advanced 38.6 cents, or 2.2%, to settle at $18.003 an ounce on the Comex in New York. The metal fell 9.8 cents, or 0.5%, this week. It […]

Silver Rises for Week, US Bullion Coins Near 2.3M for Month

U.S. silver slipped 1.9 cents on Friday, but three straight prior day gains lifted the metal higher for the week after prices had tumbled 57.4 cents last Friday and then another 24.5 cents on Monday. New York silver prices for September delivery closed to $18.101 an ounce, marking a weekly increase of 31.3 cents, or […]

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