Silver Price Forecasts: XAG/USD stalls below $60 as US yields rally

Silver hit resistance at $61.00, but dips have remained limited above the $58.45 area
Surging Oil prices have sent US Treasury yields rallying, adding pressure on precious metals.
The immediate bias remains positive after rallying 7.5% in the previous four days.

Guillermo Alcala FXStreet

Silver (XAG/USD) is trading practically flat, a few cents below the $60.00 level on Thursday, with upside attempts capped as US Treasury yields jump to fresh highs. The precious metal was rejected at the $61.00 area on Wednesday, but the following reversal found buyers at the middle range of the $58.00s earlier in the day.

Markets remain in a cautious mood as the war in Iran threatens to extend through the region. US and Iran have exchanged attacks for the 12th consecutive day, and reports of attacks on Saudi Arabian vessels in the Red Sea have sent Oil prices to their highest levels since early June, spurring inflationary pressures and pushing US Treasury yields higher. This is likely to keep Silver bulls in check during the next sessions.

Technical Analysis: The immediate bias remains positive

XAG/USD trades at $59.70, holding above the broken downward trendline, consolidating gains after a 7.5% rally in the last four trading days. The 4-hour Relative Strength Index (14) is hovering in bullish territory, and the Moving Average Convergence Divergence (MACD) indicator is still positive, although showing fading momentum.

On the topside, initial resistance appears at the horizontal barrier around $60.70, which capped bulls on July 9, ahead of July's top, at the $63.30 area. On the downside, the session low at $58.46 is likely to provide some support ahead of the broken trendline, now at $55.50, and the year-to-date low, at $54.72.

(The technical analysis of this story was written with the help of an AI tool. Know more.)

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Guillermo Alcala

FXStreet

Graduated in Communication Sciences at the Universidad del Pais Vasco and Universiteit van Amsterdam, Guillermo has been working as financial news editor and copywriter in diverse Forex-related firms, like FXStreet and Kantox.

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