Precious metals shine collectively, with silver approaching a historic high.

Today, COMEX silver futures for the current month rose by $4.563 to $81.22 per ounce, a 5.95% increase. Spot silver also followed suit, rising to $81.25 per ounce, up 6.06%. This wave of silver market momentum is indeed fierce—the entire precious metals sector is busy. Gold futures increased by $54.20 to $4505.7 per ounce, up 1.22%; platinum surged by $170.8 to $2456 per ounce, a 7.47% increase; palladium also showed strength, rising by $126.4 to $1892 per ounce, up 7.16%.

LME nickel performed equally impressively, rising by $1427 to $18430 per ton, an 8.39% increase.

However, the energy sector tells a different story. WTI crude oil futures on January 06 fell by $1.35 to $56.97 per barrel, a 2.31% decline. While precious metals are hot, crude oil is weakening—such divergence in the current market environment is not surprising.