The price of silver rose faster than the price of gold because silver supplies are tighter, Christian said.
The net-long position for managed-money traders in silver rose slightly as they added 759 gross longs and cut 503 shorts, boosting the net-long to 16, 488 contracts.
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The speculator category in the legacy report showed an increase in gross longs and a cut in gross shorts, meaning the net-long for silver rose to 26, 819 contracts.
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The speculator category in the legacy report showed an increase in gross longs of 385 contracts and a cut in gross shorts of 1, 103 contracts, meaning the net-long for silver rose to 17, 779 contracts.
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The speculator category in the legacy report showed an increase in gross longs of 314 contracts and a cut in gross shorts of 643 contracts, meaning the net-long for silver rose to 34, 535 contracts.
The speculator category in the legacy report showed an increase in gross longs of 1, 423 contracts and a cut in gross shorts of 1, 227 contracts, meaning the net-long for silver rose to 21, 528 contracts.
Silver rose strongly this week and outperformed gold.
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The speculator category in the legacy silver report showed an increase in gross longs of 2, 203 contracts and a rise in gross shorts of 1, 426 contracts, meaning the net-long position for silver rose modestly to 17, 802 contracts, bucking the trend seen in the disaggregated report and of other metals.
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Total silver demand rose to 1.048 billion ounces from 1.039 billion in 2011, according to the World Silver Survey 2013.
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However, due to higher silver prices, the dollar value of silver investment rose sharply to an all-time high.
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As these concerns pushed gold prices higher, silver prices rose too.
He notes that Measured silver resources rose by 7 million ounces, which was more than offset by the massive decline in Inferred resources which fell by 60 million ounces.
Sales of silver equivalent ounces rose by 30% over 2011 to reach 9.1 million ounces.
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Meanwhile, the net length of these accounts also fell for palladium, but rose for silver, copper and platinum.
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Silver production during the fourth quarter rose 29% to 6.9 million ounces and gold output climbed 88% to 32, 400 ounces.
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The silver net-long position for the managed-money accounts rose to 7, 694 contracts, reversing the net-short position silver funds had for the past two reports.
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In the legacy report, the silver net-long position for large speculators rose because of short covering, as happened in the disaggregated report.
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On the month, December gold rose 4.5% and silver gained 12.3%.
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On the month, gold rose 5.1% and silver gained 9.97%.
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In the legacy report, the silver net-long for non-commercials rose.
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Gold production rose to 234, 532 ounces while silver production was lower year-on-year, totaling 2.2 million ounces.
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In the legacy report, the silver net-long for non-commercials also rose slightly, in similar fashion.
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In the legacy report, the silver net-long for non-commercials also rose.
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March silver gained 2.74%, while January platinum rose 1.75% and gold saw a 0.5% drop.
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She said the stout rally silver had on Thursday was in part because the metal rose above its 200-day moving average, triggering resting buy orders.
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The silver net-long position for the managed-money accounts rose slightly to 38, 618 contracts.
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