Silver Prices Up 6% This Week And 25% YTD; Gold Up 1% This Week

April 22, 2016

Silver price rose again this week and is nearly 6% higher for the week while gold quietly eked out a 1% gain.

Today, gold fell 0.18% to $1,247 an ounce after hitting a five-week high of $1,270.10 an ounce yesterday. Silver is up nearly 2% today to $17.36 an ounce. It had risen to an 11-month high of $17.69 yesterday and looks set to test resistance at $18 per ounce.

Palladium and platinum also enjou=yed strong gains for the week and were 6.6% and 4.25% higher respectively.

Market Performance This Week (Finviz)

1 cubic foot of silver weighs approx 655 pounds whereas 1 cubic foot of gold weighs more than half a ton.

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