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- Gold hits an all-time high
- Silver’s wild ride to the upside
- Palladium and rhodium in bull markets
- Platinum could be next
Lately, precious metals have been all the rage. Early Monday morning, spot gold hit an all-time high, rising above $1,933; at time of writing, gold futures are closing in on that level too. Last week, silver jumped to over $23 per ounce for the first time since 2013. It’s currently trading above $24.
Palladium, one of the Platinum Group Metals, was hovering above $2300 today, over five times higher than its low in early 2016. Rhodium, another PGM that traded to a low of $575 in 2016, was trading around $8700 per ounce.
Platinum, however, has been the laggard in the sector. It continues to languish below $1000 per ounce.
While gold is heading toward another record high in US dollar terms, and silver handily surpassed its critical resistance level of $21.095 last week, platinum is sitting at a price that is less than half its record level at $2308.80 per ounce from 2008. Platinum has suffered from a lack of investment demand, even though producers have reduced output because of the precious metal’s low price.