- Gold and silver rose as trading began in 2026 after strong 2025 performances
- Gold approached $4,350 an ounce while silver gained over 1% amid market optimism
- Concerns exist over portfolio rebalancing causing selling pressure on metals
Gold and silver advanced as trading in 2026 kicked off, building on their best annual performances since 1979.
Bullion rose toward $4,350 an ounce, as silver gained more than 1%. While traders have flagged the metals could do well in 2026 on further US interest-rate cuts and dollar weakness, there's near-term concern that broad portfolio index re-balancing may pressure prices. Given the metals have rallied, their presence in indices may have exceeded target allocations, prompting passive tracking funds to sell some contracts.
“We expect a massive 13% of aggregate open interest in Comex silver markets will be sold over the coming two weeks, to result in a dramatic repricing lower,” Daniel Ghali, a senior commodity strategist at TD Securities, wrote in a note.
Gold gained 0.7% to $4,348.42 an ounce at 8:00 a.m. in Singapore. The Bloomberg Dollar Spot Index was flat. Silver advanced 1.5% to $72.7175. Palladium and platinum both gained nearly 2%.
Trading may be thin on Friday given that several major markets, including Japan and China, remain on holiday.
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