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Silver Price Analysis: XAG/USD soars and breaks above $25.00, hits four-month high

  • Silver (XAG/USD) surpasses the key $25.00 level, reaching a four-month peak at $25.25.
  • After a brief pause on November 29, Silver resumed its upward trend.
  • Key resistance levels to watch include the psychological barrier at $25.50, the May 10 swing high at $25.91, and the year-to-date high of $26.13.
  • XAG/USD would shift bearish on a daily close below $25.00.

Silver climbs above the $25.00 figure for the first time since August and reaches a four-month high of $25.25, even though US Treasury bond yields and the US Dollar (USD) post solid gains. Nevertheless, the grey metal rises more than 0.70%, exchanging hands above the $25.10 area.

The XAG/USD resumed its uptrend after pausing on November 29, which witnessed the formation of a ‘doji,’ but buyers achieving a daily close above $25.00 opened the door for further gains. That said, the first resistance would be the psychological $25.50 area, followed by the May 10 swing high at $25.91, ahead of the year-to-date (YTD) high of $26.13.

For a bearish turnaround, sellers need a daily close below $25.00, before they push prices toward the November 29 low of $24.85, ahead of the November 28 low of $24.54.

XAG/USD Price Analysis – Daily Chart

XAG/USD Technical Levels

XAG/USD

Overview
Today last price25.19
Today Daily Change0.20
Today Daily Change %0.80
Today daily open24.99
 
Trends
Daily SMA2023.44
Daily SMA5022.87
Daily SMA10023.3
Daily SMA20023.38
 
Levels
Previous Daily High25.26
Previous Daily Low24.85
Previous Weekly High24.33
Previous Weekly Low23.25
Previous Monthly High23.7
Previous Monthly Low20.68
Daily Fibonacci 38.2%25.01
Daily Fibonacci 61.8%25.1
Daily Pivot Point S124.81
Daily Pivot Point S224.62
Daily Pivot Point S324.39
Daily Pivot Point R125.22
Daily Pivot Point R225.45
Daily Pivot Point R325.64

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Christian Borjon Valencia

Markets analyst, news editor, and trading instructor with over 14 years of experience across FX, commodities, US equity indices, and global macro markets.

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