Gold-silver ratio: The gold-silver ratio, a key metric tracked by bullion investors, is trending higher amid the geopolitical tensions, given investors’ inclination to park money in gold rather than silver during periods of acute stress. The Middle East conflict, though, has challenged the traditional status that gold and silver enjoy. Both precious metals have remained…
Gold vs silver: When conflicts strike and the geopolitical situation turns dire, investors often flock to precious metals like gold and silver. Ideally, the recent war between the US and Iran should have elicited the same reaction. But this time the playbook has flipped. Gold prices have indeed risen, but silver has taken a knock….
The Middle East conflict, involving the United States and Israel against Iran, has sparked a severe risk-off mood globally. This initially resulted in the sharp rise in demand for safe-haven assets like gold and silver, but the uptrend has remained. Gold prices in the domestic spot market have risen by ₹3400 to ₹1,62,029 on a…
Gold-silver ratio: Silver did outperform gold in the last year, but when times get tough, the yellow metal emerges as the ultimate winner. The recent conflict in the Middle East underscores this trend. At the time US and Israel are attacking Iran, and the Islamic state is responding with full force, gold prices are retaining…
Trump’s tariffs: In a significant setback to Donald Trump’s trade policy, the Supreme Court of the United States on Friday struck down most of his broad tariff measures. Shortly after that, Trump signed an order imposing a 10% global tariff on imports from all countries, set to take effect almost immediately. The following day, he…
Gold vs silver: The year 2025 belonged to silver in every sense. The white metal surged 170%, not only far eclipsing the 70% rise delivered by its more expensive cousin, gold, but also emerging as the best-performing asset across categories. The rally in silver was driven by a mix of fundamental and speculative factors, including…
Gold and silver rates today: Gold and silver prices continued their downward trajectory on Monday, February 2, tracking weakness in global bullion markets as risk-off sentiment prevailed amid a stronger US dollar. Profit-taking by investors also weighed on sentiment. On Monday, MCX gold prices traded ₹8,865, or 6%, lower at ₹1,38,888 per 10 grams, while…
Gold-silver ratio: The sharp rally in silver prices of 200% in the last 12 months has eclipsed gold’s 80% rise and compressed the well-tracked gold-silver ratio. Silver price outperformance has compressed the gold–silver ratio from pandemic highs of 127 to 50 at the start of 2026. The gold–silver ratio suggests how many ounces of silver…
Silver rate today: Silver prices touched a new all-time high of 2,36,350 per kg in the national capital, surged by 9,350 on Friday. The rally was driven by positive global cues. On Wednesday, the precious metal had settled at 2,27,000 per kg. Over the last four trading sessions, silver has rallied by 32,250, or 15.8…
Silver has been mined for nearly 5,000 years, yet for much of modern financial history, it has lived in gold’s shadow. In periods of macro uncertainty, investors rush towards safe-haven gold. Silver, however, has often been viewed as volatile, industrial, and cyclical. That narrative, however, has begun to change meaningfully over the past year. Source
