Gold and silver prices fell at the close, recording their best annual performance since the 1970s.

According to Odaily Odaily, on the last trading day of 2025, both gold and silver prices fell, but their annual gains still remained at their highest level in over forty years. Spot gold hovered around $4,320 per ounce, while silver prices fell to $71 per ounce. Trading was thin after the holiday, and the two precious metals experienced significant price fluctuations, plummeting on Monday, rebounding on Tuesday, and then falling again on Wednesday. This sharp volatility prompted the CME Group, the exchange operator, to raise margin requirements twice. Supported by a surge in demand for safe-haven assets due to heightened geopolitical risks and the Federal Reserve's interest rate cuts, both gold and silver achieved their best annual performance since 1979. High inflation and increasingly heavy debt burdens in developed economies triggered market concerns, giving rise to so-called currency devaluation trades, further fueling the surge in precious metal prices.