Silver Price Slide Deepens: Why Traders Are Watching Oil, CME Margins and the $75 Line
Silver fell 0.7% to $74.88 an ounce in London on Friday as a stronger dollar, rising Treasury yields, and higher oil prices pressured metals. CME Group cut initial margin requirements for COMEX 5000 Silver futures to 11% from 14%. Brent crude climbed to $107 a barrel as the Strait of Hormuz remained blocked. India’s May silver futures dropped about 1% to 239,200 rupees per kg in early trade.