Gold and silver prices fluctuate significantly; many institutions expect precious metals to still have room for growth this year.

PANews January 11 News, according to Zhitong Caijing reports, in the first full trading week of 2026, precious metals that performed strongly in 2025 continued their bull market trend, with gold and silver futures prices both rising cumulatively, but volatility has significantly increased. Wall Street investment bank Goldman Sachs pointed out that compared to gold trading, silver trading will continue to face high volatility and uncertainty.

According to analyses from multiple financial institutions, two factors this week have intensified the downward pressure on precious metal prices.

First, the Bloomberg Commodity Index initiated its annual rebalancing adjustment this week, significantly reducing the weights of precious metals. Analysts say this rebalancing is expected to trigger passive reductions in index-tracking funds, putting profit-taking pressure on gold and silver.

Second, CME Group has raised the margin requirements for gold, silver, platinum, and palladium futures again starting after the close on Friday. This is the third time CME Group has increased precious metal futures margins in the past month. Among them, the margin for silver was increased by 28.6%. Large increases in margin requirements by exchanges usually curb high-leverage and speculative trading. However, multiple institutions expect that even with short-term downward pressure, precious metals and industrial metals prices still have room to rise this year.