CME Raises Precious Metals Margins

The CME Group, which runs big markets for trading, has increased the money people need to put down to trade silver, gold, platinum, and palladium.

This is the second time this week they've done this.

Silver was hit the hardest, with its price dropping a lot.

The group did this because they were worried about too many people betting against these metals and because there's not enough physical silver available.

Experts say this shows there's a lot of stress in the market, especially for silver, which is in high demand but low supply.

The price of silver and other metals went down after this change.

However, the prices of these metals have been rising over the past year due to various factors like supply shortages and increased demand.

The US dollar's fall also makes these metals cheaper for people using other currencies.