Silver price (XAG/USD) continues its upward momentum for the third consecutive session, hovering around $33.30 per troy ounce during Asian trading hours on Thursday.
Demand for dollar-denominated Silver could rise as the US Dollar (USD) remains under pressure due to cooling inflation. A weaker Greenback makes commodities more affordable for foreign buyers
Source – FXSTREET
This figure significantly exceeded consensus forecasts, as economists had anticipated job gains of around 164,000.
Adam Button, a market analyst, pointed out that the unexpectedly strong employment report is driving the U.S. dollar higher, which is consequently weighing on gold prices.
Source – KITCO NEWS
Silver Storm Mining Ltd. (“Silver Storm” or the “Company“) is pleased to announce that it has filed an independent National Instrument 43-101 Standards of Disclosure for Mineral Projects (“NI 43-101“) Technical Report titled “Independent Technical Report for the La Parrilla Silver Mine, Durango State, Mexico” with an effective date of December 31, 2024 (the “Technical Report“). The Technical Report updates the Mineral Resource estimate at the Company’s 100% owned La Parrilla Silver Mine Complex, located in Durango Mexico.
The Company also announces that it has entered into a debt settlement letter agreement with a drilling service provider (the “Creditor“) to settle the Company’s outstanding debt for past services performed by the Creditor in the amount of $578,200 (the “Debt“) by issuing 4,818,333 common shares in the capital of the Company (the “Common Shares“) at a deemed price of $0.12 per Common Share (the “Shares-for-Debt Transaction“).
Source – Yahoo Finance
The price of gold in Pakistan has seen a sharp increase, with rates climbing by Rs 4,300 per tola, according to the All Pakistan Gems and Jewellers Association.
Following the rise, the new price of gold per tola now stands at Rs 358,400. Similarly, the price of 10 grams of gold has gone up by Rs 3,687, reaching Rs 307,270.
Source – Daily Times
RS – means Relative Strength in finance.
The other meaning for Rs is for rupees. Rupees are used in India and Pakistan. Other (smaller) countries like Sri Lanka, Mauritius, Nepal, and Seychelles also use rupees as their currency.
Gold prices climbed on Thursday due to escalating concerns about U.S. President Donald Trump’s impending tariff plans, which could further strain global trade relations.
Spot gold added 0.3% to $2,913.40 per ounce as of 11:58 a.m. ET (1658 GMT), moving back towards its record peak of $2,942.70 hit on Tuesday. U.S. gold futures firmed 0.4% to $2,941.40.
“The major factor is political uncertainty and the economic consequences … the PPI was pretty much neutral and it didn’t really have much of an effect on gold, investors around the world are worried about what the Trump policies will do to the overall economy,” said Jeffrey Christian, managing partner of CPM Group.
Spot silver fell 0.3% to $32.13 per ounce. Platinum was down 0.2% to $990.15 and palladium was up 1.6% to $989.50.
Source – Reuters
Paul Williams, managing director of Solomon Global, said about the rise in gold prices that it was a “direct response to escalating trade tensions and the growing economic uncertainty that this brings.”
Source – Reuters
Futures – are contracts to buy or sell a specific underlying asset at a future date. In this case we are talking about gold.
Silver prices marched past the $34-an-ounce mark on Monday as market sentiment soured over the weekend in the wake of renewed US-China trade tensions.
Spot silver traded as high as $34.31 per ounce during the session, for a gain of more than 4%. Comex silver futures also rose 4.5% to $34.51 an ounce.
Source – Mining.com
