Silver futures gain 5.4% as industrial demand offsets solar declines.

Bob Iaccino of Path Trading Partners reviews the metals market as Silver futures track toward their first positive week in a month, gaining 5.4%. While volume remains light, an upbeat U.S. jobs report and rebounding tech stocks highlight strong industrial demand. The Silver Institute projects that data center, AI, and auto industry usage will help offset declines in silver consumption for solar manufacturing this year. Additionally, silver outperformed gold following the payrolls data, pushing the gold-silver ratio lower ahead of next week's inflation report.