Das meinen die US-Amerikaner von marketwatch.com:
Silver plunged 6.7%, partly on news that the CME Group, which runs the exchange, late Tuesday said it will raise margin-call requirements for Comex silver futures.
“These markets appear to have run out of (bullish) fuel on the news front,” said Jon Nadler, an analyst with Kitco Metals, in a note.
December silver /quotes/comstock/21e!f1:si\z10 (SIZ10 2,701, -189.60, -6.56%) was off $2.30 to $26.55 an ounce. The contract reached an intraday high of $28.18 an ounce earlier.
“This high volatility suggests strong involvement by speculative-oriented financial investors, but is by no manner of means a phenomenon that only applies to the silver market,” analysts at Commerzbank said in a note to clients.
“The fact that silver is in high demand and is outstripping gold in terms of investor interest is also shown by renewed high inflows into silver ETFs,” the analysts said.
Silver’s trading volume on Comex hit a record level Tuesday.