US EditionAsia-Pacific Markets Trade Mixed in Final Week of 2025; Silver Shoots to Fresh Record of $80
Silver surged over 155% in 2025, driven by central bank purchases, ETF inflows, Fed rate cuts, and strong industrial demand for electronics and EVs.
- On Monday, silver climbed to a record above US$80, with spot silver at US$83.65 as at 7.23am in Singapore during a historic end-of-year rally.
- Policy and currency shifts — notably lower borrowing costs and a weaker U.S. dollar — helped support gains, while elevated central bank purchases and exchange-traded funds inflows underpinned the 2025 rally.
- After a short squeeze, speculative inflows and supply dislocations drove a six-session run, the biggest six-day increase since 1950, buoying silver above $80.
- Safe-Haven and store-of-value demand helped propel gains as investors view silver as a hedge amid geopolitical tensions and a ballooning U.S. deficit, with year-to-date performance over 155%.
- Other precious metals also rose — platinum up 0.6 and palladium up 1.5 — supported by a weaker U.S. dollar, in a broader metals rally this year.
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Precious metals prices are breaking records as the year ends. Silver topped $80 (CZK 1,650) per troy ounce (31.1 grams) for the first time on Monday. But it later erased its gains as investors took profits and geopolitical tensions that had fueled demand for safe-haven assets eased.
Silver breaks $80 then tumbles nearly 8% as precious-metals rally stalls
NEW YORK, December 29, 2025, 11:03 ET Silver prices slid sharply on Monday after a frenzied rally pushed the metal above $80 an ounce and to a record intraday high. Reuters The retreat matters because silver’s surge has been one of the biggest across major commodities this year and has pulled other metals to fresh highs, before profit-taking set in. Reuters The selloff comes as markets head into the final days of the year with holiday-thinned tr…
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