Silver futures rallied Monday, taking advantage of a rise in appetite for riskier assets while gold edged slightly higher as traders kept watch on Britain's circuitous effort to leave the European Union and awaited developments in the U.S.-China trade fight.
December silver jumped 28 cents, or 1.6%, to $17.850 an ounce. Gold for December delivery on Comex meanwhile, traded $3.90, or 0.3%, higher at $1,498 an ounce.
In other metals trade, January platinum was up 0.4% at $899.70 an ounce, while December palladium rose 1.2% to $1,738.60 an ounce.
Source : MarketWatch