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Silver futures rose 6.8% Monday to settle at $50.13 a troy ounce, topping the longstanding record of $48.70, set in January 1980 during one of the 20th century’s biggest commodity-trading scandals.

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Silver prices gained 3.8% Thursday, extending a record-breaking rally that has Wall Street forecasters raising their price targets for the precious metal. Silver futures for delivery this month rose for the fifth consecutive trading session,

On the day of Dhanteras, the price of silver in India today stands Rs 172 per gram and Ts 1,72,000 per kilogram--witnessing a decline of Rs 13 per gram and Rs 13,000 per kilogram.

The uptrend in the silver market is still definitely strong, but there are sellers on Friday who are trying to bring things back under control. At this point, we are so overdone that the silver market looks like a dangerous place to chase at the moment.

Soaring silver prices have fuelled investor interest, leading to a scarcity of the metal with jewellers in the festive season

Silver prices have surged ahead of Dhanteras 2025, hitting all-time high levels in India amid global supply shortages and festive demand. Analysts highlight strong industrial demand, ETF inflows, and constrained physical supply as key drivers of the rally.

The recent rush into silver exchange-traded funds (ETFs) has cooled over the past two trading sessions, ending a streak that had driven their prices well above their net asset value (NAV).

Silver prices have doubled in India this year on the back of industrial demand and festive buying. But experts warn of a short-term correction after Diwali, citing overvaluation and investor profit-taking.