Zinc hits another new high

Silver reached yet another new price level on Wednesday on continued positive sentiment after the US Securities and Exchange Commission approved the first exchange traded fund backed by the metal. The new fund will trade on the American Stock Exchange. Silver prices peaked at $10.59 per troy ounce during the day, but later slid back to $10.52/$10.55 late in the day in London.

Gold, however, was down on the day, losing over $1 to trade at $550.40/$551.30 per troy ounce.

In base metals, zinc found a new high price for the third time in four trading sessions, while copper held steady at $5,105 in late trade in London and aluminium was down on the day, losing $20 to $2,470 per tonne. Three-month zinc peaked at $2,530 per tonne on the London Metal Exchange before easing back to $2,517 in London late in the afternoon.