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Buying into 'poor man's gold,' Chinese investors jump on silver

Section: Daily Dispatches

By Emily Chow
Reuters
Monday, February 1, 2021

SHANGHAI -- Chinese investors rushed into silver investments today, pushing up Shanghai silver prices while boosting performances of related stocks and funds, matching calls by global retail investors to boost prices of the precious metal.

Retail traders on Reddit and other social media who caused a rally in share prices of U.S. video game retailer GameStop Corp. have now turned their attention to silver, leading Chinese investors to also jump on the bandwagon.

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China's domestic silver prices rose to their highest since September. Prices on the Shanghai Futures Exchange closed up 9.27% at 5,939 yuan per kilogram.

Spot prices on the Shanghai Gold Exchange surged to an over four-month high today before ending afternoon trade up 9.4% at 5,890 yuan per kilogram.

Open interest on the Shanghai futures contract also jumped on Monday to 516,568 lots, its highest since the start of the year. Trading volumes reached 2.28 million lots. ...

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