
Silver finished slightly higher on Friday at $51.94 after recovering from early-session weakness. Strong US payroll data lifted Treasury yields and the dollar and increased expectations of a December Federal Reserve rate hike, limiting silver’s early recovery.
Higher yields and a stronger dollar can weigh on dollar-denominated commodities, but the article discusses silver and technical price levels rather than feed-market fundamentals. No direct feed supply or demand effect is identified.
After 2,356 past bullish macro events, US Dollar (Broad) moved a median +0.2% over 5 sessions (60% higher; middle half -0.3% to +0.7%), and +0.4% over 20.
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