Silver’s 55% plunge fails to spark festive buying

Silver has fallen roughly 55% from its peak, yet demand at festive-season retail channels has not picked up as prices dropped, according to the Livemint report. The transmission mechanism here runs through price-sensitive physical demand: in markets such as India, where silver jewellery and coin purchases traditionally rise around festivals, the usual bargain-hunting response to a steep decline has been muted, suggesting that buyers are waiting for signs of stabilisation or are reassessing the metal's value. Silver's exposure is amplified by its dual role as a precious and industrial commodity, so softer jewellery and coin offtake weighs on spot sentiment while sensitivity to rates, dollar strength and industrial activity keeps price swings wide. Traders should watch the next US Federal Reserve policy decision and real-yield moves, since a shift in the rate outlook would influence both investment flows into silver-backed products and the metal's relative appeal against gold.

Silver (XAG/USD) behaves like gold's high-beta cousin — amplified moves in both directions — with additional sensitivity to industrial demand (solar panels, EVs). Gold/silver ratio mean-reversion is a common macro trade.

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