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Silver Plummets in Historic Market Sell-Off

Published on 02/02/2026 at 12:33 | Redaktion boerse-global.de

Precious metals markets are experiencing a dramatic and historic liquidation. In a stunning reversal, silver prices collapsed by more than 30 percent last Friday, tumbling from record highs above $121 to below $80 per troy ounce. This represents the most severe single-day decline for the metal in over forty years, since 1980. The downward spiral continued into Monday’s trading session, with the commodity briefly trading between $70 and $75.

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Gains accumulated over several months were erased in the span of just two trading days. Market strategists attribute the plunge to a brutal correction of speculative excess, a situation exacerbated by forced liquidations in the futures market.

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