Front Month Comex Silver for May delivery lost $1.3410 per troy ounce, or 6.01% to $20.984 this week


--Largest one week net decline since the week ending April 22, 2022

--Largest one week percentage decline since the week ending Jan. 28, 2022

--Down for four consecutive weeks

--Down $4.706 or 18.32% over the last four weeks

--Largest four week net and percentage decline since the week ending March 20, 2020

--Longest losing streak since the week ending Dec. 10, 2021, when the market fell for four straight weeks

--Today it is up 22.70 cents or 1.09%

--Largest one day dollar and percentage gain since Monday, April 18, 2022

--Up two of the past three sessions

--Today's settlement value is the second lowest this year

--Off 25.89% from its 52-week high of $28.314 hit Tuesday, May 18, 2021

--Up 1.09% from its 52-week low of $20.757 hit Thursday, May 12, 2022

--Down 23.28% from 52 weeks ago

--Off 21.96% from its 2022 settlement high of $26.888 hit Tuesday, March 8, 2022

--Up 1.09% from its 2022 settlement low of $20.757 hit Thursday, May 12, 2022

--Off 56.91% from its record high of $48.70 hit Thursday, Jan. 17, 1980

--Month-to-date it is down 8.92%

--Year-to-date it is down $2.344 or 10.05%


All prices are calculated based on the settlement price of the current front month contract.


Source: Dow Jones Market Data, FactSet


(END) Dow Jones Newswires

05-13-22 1406ET