Posted 15th Ocak 2025

Silver Price News: Silver Clings to $30 An Ounce Mark

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Silver prices ticked slightly higher on Tuesday, staging a modest recovery from a bout of weakness seen on Monday.

Prices briefly reclaimed the $30.00 an ounce mark later in the session, after easing to an intraday low of $29.55 an ounce. The moderate recovery came after prices fell on Monday from as high as $30.52 an ounce.

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Silver (KAG) price – $/oz – on the Kinesis Pro exchange

Gold/silver ratio nears 90

Silver’s price action largely mirrored gold prices on Tuesday, which showed a similar recovery from a dip on Monday.

The gold/silver ratio continues to hover near 90, which is relatively high compared with an average of around 85 over the last three years. Other things being equal, this indicates a potential for gold prices to ease or silver prices to rise, relative to gold, in order to revert to the recent average level for the ratio.

Industrial applications set to drive silver demand

On the demand side, total global supply of silver was expected to fall by 1% in 2024, while total demand was expected to increase by 2%, according to figures from The Silver Institute: Silver Supply & Demand.

While these numbers paint a bullish ongoing story for silver prices, it is the industrial segment where the real changes are taking place. Industrial demand was set to increase by 9% in 2024 – a figure which included an expected 9% rise in electrical and electronics use of silver, and a mammoth 20% increase in silver consumption in photovoltaics. By contrast, net physical investment in silver was set to fall by 13% in 2024, the institute said.

Upcoming data

Looking ahead, Wednesday will bring Euro Area industrial production figures for November which could help gauge the level of industrial demand for silver in the EU. These will be followed by monthly US inflation figures, which will be closely watched, particularly as inflation increased by 0.3% in November, having held steady for the previous four months. Any further signs of rising inflation would help to solidify a view that the US Fed will maintain interest rates rather than making further cuts – a bearish element for precious metals prices.

Then on Thursday, the markets will get updated UK GDP and industrial and manufacturing production figures for November, followed by the weekly US initial jobless claims.

Frank’s experience covering the commodities markets spans 22 years, with a particular specialism in metals, carbon and energy markets. He has worked as a senior editor for S&P Global Commodity Insights (formerly Platts) and before this, at ICIS-LOR, a part of Reed Business Information (Reed Elsevier), where he covered the petrochemicals markets from 2003 to 2005.

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