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Gold price breaks $4,800 as Greenland standoff rattles markets, Davos in focus

Gold price breaks $4,800 as Greenland standoff rattles markets, Davos in focus

Gold shot above $4,800 an ounce on Wednesday, pushing its record run further as investors sought safety amid rising U.S.-Europe tensions over Greenland. Spot gold jumped 2.1% to $4,861.38 by 1024 GMT, after hitting an intraday peak of $4,887.82; February U.S. gold futures gained 2% to $4,863.10. The metal has notched 11 fresh highs just this year. Jamie Dutta from Nemo.money flagged “the Greenland crisis” as a major factor, while SP Angel’s John Meyer predicts gold will “punch through $5,000/oz.”
21 January 2026
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Silver price near record as Greenland tariff threat rattles markets; SLV and miners jump

Silver price near record as Greenland tariff threat rattles markets; SLV and miners jump

Silver price hovered near a record on Tuesday after a burst above $95 an ounce, as President Donald Trump's Greenland tariff threats jolted markets. Spot silver slipped 0.18% to $94.51 an ounce in late New York trade, after touching $95.87 earlier. “The geopolitical risks that we've been talking about for a long time are re-emerging,” said Wasif Latif of Sarmaya Partners, with the dollar index down 0.52% at 98.58 and EU leaders due to weigh possible retaliatory tariffs worth 93 billion euros at a Thursday summit in Brussels.
20 January 2026
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Silver near record high puts SLV back in focus as options volatility refuses to cool

Silver near record high puts SLV back in focus as options volatility refuses to cool

Silver edged just under a new high on Tuesday, after hitting $95.488 an ounce, as investors flocked to precious metals amid President Donald Trump’s latest tariff threat on Europe. By 1131 GMT, spot silver was up 0.7% at $95.308. WisdomTree commodities strategist Nitesh Shah cautioned he remained “a little bit more worried about some of the downside risks,” despite a broader buyer base.
20 January 2026
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Lithium price jumps again as China carbonate futures hit limit-up; what traders watch next

Lithium price jumps again as China carbonate futures hit limit-up; what traders watch next

China’s lithium prices moved higher again Tuesday. Spot battery-grade lithium carbonate averaged 152,500 yuan, up 1,500 yuan from the previous working day. Meanwhile, the most-active lithium carbonate futures on the Guangzhou Futures Exchange surged nearly 9%, hitting its daily upper limit at 160,500 yuan, according to SMM data. Upstream sellers held back spot volumes beyond their long-term contracts, while downstream buyers mostly stuck to “as needed” purchases, SMM noted. Overall trade activity slipped a bit.
20 January 2026
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Basic materials stocks: Gold’s record run and copper wobble put XLB in focus for Tuesday

Basic materials stocks: Gold’s record run and copper wobble put XLB in focus for Tuesday

Basic materials stocks reopen Tuesday in the U.S. with a mixed picture, after gold and silver hit record highs on safe-haven buying sparked by President Donald Trump’s newest tariff threat related to Greenland. The Materials Select Sector SPDR Fund ended last week down 0.57% at $48.68. U.S. cash equity markets were closed Monday for Martin Luther King Jr. Day.
19 January 2026
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