Silver Falls 2.63% to $52.228 an Ounce in Thursday Snapshot

Silver fell 2.63% to $52.228 an ounce in a Thursday morning market snapshot, a steeper decline than gold as European stock indexes advanced and crude prices retreated. At 9:31 a.m. ET (13:31 UTC), gold was down 1.07% at $4,023.58 an ounce. Silver’s daily loss was 1.56 percentage points greater than gold’s. West Texas Intermediate crude fell 1.63% to $101.15 a barrel, while Brent crude slipped 0.88% to $114.04. Both oil benchmarks were lower in the snapshot.