Silver Hits Record $100 Amid RedHot Metals Market

A woman displays a one ounce commemorative gold coin and one ounce silver coin with Taiwan’s newly elected President Lai Ching-te and Vice President Hsiao Bi-khim portraits in Taipei on March 20, 2024. Sam Yeh / AFPSilver prices continued their meteoric ascent at the end of the holiday-shortened trading week as the white metal touched $100 for the first time.On the COMEX division of the New York Mercantile Exchange, silver futures surged $3.65, or 3.8 percent, to $100.02 per ounce at 10:51 a.m. (EST) on Jan. 23.