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 Friday, [...]

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 closing [...]

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 [...]

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 [...]

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 [...]

Silver Weekly Prices Fall with Friday Thumping

U.S. silver prices were headed for a positive week until tumbling 57.4 cents Friday, tracking other precious metals, commodities and equities losses after sour consumer sentiment data and a flat inflation report unleashed broad selloffs.
New York silver futures moved within a 80.5 cent range during the week, with its intraday high of $18.535 [...]

Silver Prices Rise 2% for the Week, Eagle Coins Up 1.1M

U.S. weekly silver prices advanced 2.0% after tumbling 7.4% during the prior week and registering their biggest fall since February 5.
New York silver futures moved narrowly through the holiday-shortened week. 0.8% increases were posted on Tuesday and Wednesday, followed by a loss of 0.7% on Thursday.
Silver for September delivery closed to its [...]

Silver Pummeled as U.S. Weekly Prices Dive 7.4%

U.S. silver prices tumbled 7.4% on the week, falling the most since the 8.4% drop during the week ending February 5, 2010.
Much of the metal’s decline — 91.8 cents worth — occurred on Thursday as a volley of reports added to worries of an economic slowdown in the U.S. and China, triggering a large [...]

Silver Prices Surge, Narrowing Weekly Loss

U.S. silver prices surged on Thursday and Friday, paring sharp prior day declines to significantly narrow the metal’s weekly loss.
New York silver futures for July delivery marked an intraday high of $19.46 an ounce to start the week, but plummeted Monday afternoon to close at $18.808 an ounce. Prices picked up by [...]

Silver Prices Soar for Second Straight Week

Silver prices surged for a second consecutive week, capping a 10.9% gain in New York and a more modest 5.7% increase in London since June 4.
In weekly increases, the metal was just below the rallying levels of last week.
U.S. silver jumped 5.2% as compared to the 5.4% increase during the prior week. [...]

Silver Weekly Prices Advance 5.4% in US, 3.1% London

Silver prices rallied during the second week of June to recover most of their losses made during the month’s first week. It was the biggest gainer of the precious metals.
U.S. silver surged 5.4% this week as compared to the 6.1% decline during the prior week. New York silver futures for July delivery ended [...]

Silver Falls in First June Week, Handing Back Gains

Silver prices plummeted during the holiday shortened first week of June, giving back gains it made in a rallying final week of May.
[May, as it turned out, was a record month for physical ownership of U.S. Mint American Silver Eagle bullion coins. More than 3.6 million were sold. For more, read Silver Eagles Best [...]

Silver Prices Retreat in May 2010 Despite Rallying Final Week

Silver prices soared this week, but nevertheless declined during the month of May after a 6.4% increase in April.
On Friday, New York silver futures for July delivery fell 4.6 cents, or 0.3, to $18.422 an ounce, capping a 1.2% loss in May. For the week, however, the metal soared 77.1 cents, or [...]

Silver Prices Plunge in 3rd Week of May

Silver prices were brutalized during the third week of May, tumbling with other precious metals with stiff selling the order of the day for much of the week.
Silver’s fall was less severe as compared to other industrial used metals, like platinum and palladium. But its drop was deep nevertheless. London and New York prices follow.

Silver Prices Soar 11% in London, 4.2% in New York

Silver prices rallied this week, pulling away from the declines of the prior week. The metal soared 11% in London and 4.2% in New York.
Silver began its rally in the U.S. on Friday of last week, with analysts saying some investors were buying the metal as an alternative to gold which was too [...]

Silver Pares Losses in First Week of May

Silver prices tumbled for much of the week before recovering Friday to pare losses.
Metals were led up and down over concerns of the Greek debt woes, with added worries that the crisis could spread to other euro-zone countries.
The fears helped safe-haven investments, like gold, but brought down industrial metals that would suffer weakened demand [...]

Silver Prices Soar in April 2010

Silver prices soared during the month of April, rising 6.4% in both London and New York. The metal rallied late in the week after retreating earlier despite soaring gold prices. Silver typically follows gold.
However, while gold was lifted as a safe-haven investment over concerns of widening sovereign debt issues in Europe, those same issues [...]

Silver Reverses Losses, Rises 2.9% in New York

Silver prices in New York reversed prior week losses and rose 2.9% for the week. Earlier setting London silver, however, finished down 2.5%.
Driving U.S. gold higher was a weakened dollar that ended a six day rally versus the euro. Silver often follows gold.

Silver Prices Fall Below $18/oz, Plunging with Other Commodities

Silver prices skidded to a halt, breaking a two-week winning streak in New York.
U.S. silver futures tumbled along with other commodities on Friday as Goldman Sachs Group Inc. was charged with fraud by U.S. regulators.
New York silver futures for May delivery were set to end with a positive week, and then plunged 75.8 cents [...]

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