Silver has been ... a leading material of... performance for the planet after... it rose its prices for more than 60% along 2025 and brought almost 50% of returns to investors who bought it during the past year. At present, its cost is just under $48 an ounce, that is approximately $48.70 which remains as its highest value ever recorded in 2011.
India Leads Silver Rush
It is also interesting to note that India is the second country with the largest market for physical silver investments and at some points has even surpassed the US. Moreover, the fact that India's silver imports between August and September increased by almost double while the silver prices were on a global record-high level is also observed. So, it is not hard to see that Indian investors tend to buy silver before Diwali.
The price of silver in India has also soared to a new high of 1,47,700 per kilogram on Monday.
Dwindling Supply
The fifth consecutive year that demand for silver will surpass its supply is 2025.
Demand for physical silver investment is... the most unstable component of the overall demand structure that has been fluctuating significantly and representing 157 million ounces in 2017 on the low side and 337 million ounces in 2022 on the high side, which indicates the volatility of investor appetite for silver.
Industrial Silver Is the Reason for Silvers Boom
Among other things, silver is a must in the production of green energy and is widely used in the tech industry of households.
The industrial use of silver has dramatically expanded... the applications have spread from solar panels, electric cars, and batteries to electronics and data centers.
It was chiefly the rapid growth of solar energy in China that elevated silver consumption to the new standard which, in fact, has shifted silver from being a precious metal to a green energy essential.
Continuous Global Factors Keep the Rally Going
Other markets worldwide for the rise in silver prices include the closed US government, geopolitical tensions, and increasing debt just to name a few, all of which are boosting demand for metals that investors consider to be safe havens.
The US Geological Survey's consideration of silver as one of the very few essential minerals is a factor that could swiftly lead fresh investors willing to allocate capital into silver and, therefore, silver prices could be pushed even further along with other uptrend factors.
The Future Brighter Than Ever
The analysts stay bullish Decidedly so.
Jigar Trivedi Senior Research Analyst at Reliance Securities in his comment writes,
On the one hand, silver is a metal that is consumed in the clean energy sector and, actually, the multitude demand for solar products and electric cars is very fast and so is the requirement of silver for these purposes even though the supply remains very low. Regarding price trend, they would fluctuate between $44 and $50 per ounce but are likely to have the occasional spike up to $55 if macroeconomic risks increase.
The Other Side of Silver: Safe and Growth Metal
In the progression of 2025, silver continues to shine not only as a safe haven but also one of the key players in the international green economy.
The talk about silver's future becomes the talk about a metal whose future is not only firmer but also more luminous ever because of the shortage in supply and the increasing demand from the industrial sector.
