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…
Silver prices have taken a back seat amid the Middle East crisis, declining over ₹5,000 in the spot market this week, as investors overlooked its safe-haven appeal and focused on its industrial metal status. Silver prices closed at ₹2,66,127 on February 27 (before the war) and ended the week at ₹2,60,856, according to MCX data….
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….
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…
Gold and silver rates today: Gold and silver rates today turned green after closing in red on Tuesday, on reduced expectations of the US Fed rate cut in the upcoming US Fed meeting. Spot gold rate today went up 0.48% to $5,202 per ounce, while spot silver prices rose nearly 0.96% to $88.25 per ounce,…
Silver inventories at the Commodity Exchange, Inc. (COMEX) have declined sharply in February 2026, with total registered stocks falling below 90 million ounces. Significant withdrawals from Western vaults indicate a potential structural shift in the global silver market, as physical demand increasingly challenges paper-based pricing mechanisms. Total COMEX silver inventories as of February 20 stood…
Silver rate outlook: Ever since recording its worst decline in almost 45 years, silver prices have been consolidating in a range, raising concerns among investors that the white metal may be staring at another period of lull. Silver is notorious for entering long periods of consolidation. It rarely runs nonstop. History suggests that sharp moves…
Gold and silver prices: After posting their strongest gains in decades in 2025, the blistering rally in gold and silver has cooled in the current year. The bullion kicked off 2026 on a robust note, but a one-way rise in the precious metals halted at the end of January when prices recorded their worst decline…
And what a reversal it was. The silver price experienced the sharpest crash in its history, almost 40% in just one week. The fall was so sudden and deep that most investors were left shell-shocked. Many leveraged traders (who were long) suffered devastating losses. The metal has been trying to find a price level to…
MCX silver rate today: Silver’s bull run that came to an abrupt halt towards the end of January has brought prices almost 40% lower from their all-time high of ₹4,20,000 on the Multi Commodity Exchanges. What most investors don’t realize is that to reclaim this level, the MCX silver rate would need to surge a…
