The Wall Street Journal: Silver futures spike, fueled by online trading

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Silver prices rallied to start the trading week Sunday, fueled by a wave of fresh enthusiasm from online traders.

Most actively traded silver futures SI00, +5.74% rose as much 8% from Friday’s close before paring gains slightly to recently trade up 7% at $28.80 a troy ounce. Sunday night’s rally comes after silver prices gained more than 5% last week.