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Indicative spot analysis News sentiment 🐂 Bull- Gold $4,026.00 (-2.7%, 24h) — oil-driven inflation fears lifted yields and the dollar; $4,000 is now the line.
- Silver $51.65 (-5.7%, 24h) — the white metal is wearing both rate panic and growth angst; beta cuts both ways.
- Platinum $1,564.55 (-3.8%, 24h) — PGMs are following the liquidation script, but deeper cyclicality keeps them heavy.
Today is a clean macro hierarchy lesson: geopolitics boosted oil, but the rates response mattered more than safe-haven logic for metals. Watch whether silver keeps lagging gold on any bounce; if it does, this is still a real-yield purge, not a durable refuge bid.
- Gold Struggles to Rally as Russia's Central Bank Bullion Drops to 2019 Level
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- Gold, silver, platinum, and palladium rebound; platinum main contract rises for two consecutive days; precious metals sector strengthens; spot silver trading overall sluggish [SMM Flash] - Shanghai Metals Market
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DICOR - Daily Interbank COntango Rate
Calculated by Limpid Markets from the market data collected - 2026-10-22 · Effective date 2026-10-22
Term DICORs (compounded in arrears)
| Tenor | XAU LDN | XAG LDN | XPT LDN | XPT ZUR | XPD LDN | XPD ZUR |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| DICOR | DICOR | DICOR | DICOR | DICOR | DICOR | |
| 1d | 4.06 | 4.06 | 2.19 | 3.63 | 4.04 | 3.84 |
| 1w | 4.04 | 4.01 | 2.19 | 3.60 | 3.89 | 3.82 |
| 1m | 4.25 | 4.21 | 1.82 | 3.36 | 3.80 | 3.82 |
| 2m | 4.17 | 4.15 | 2.33 | 3.31 | 3.65 | 3.65 |
| 3m | 4.13 | 4.13 | 2.68 | 3.40 | 3.56 | 3.58 |
| 6m | 4.09 | 4.10 | 3.03 | 3.11 | 3.35 | 3.30 |
| 12m | 4.37 | 4.11 | 2.02 | 1.74 | 2.05 | 2.45 |
Interbank Contango Rate
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Swap Rates (forward looking)
| Tenor | XAU LDN | XAG LDN | XPT LDN | XPT ZUR | XPD LDN | XPD ZUR |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Swap Rate | Swap Rate | Swap Rate | Swap Rate | Swap Rate | Swap Rate | |
| 1D | 3.97 | 3.98 | 1.87 | 1.88 | 4.01 | 3.90 |
| 1W | 4.00 | 4.03 | 1.64 | 1.69 | 4.06 | 4.02 |
| 1M | 4.08 | 3.92 | 1.28 | 1.29 | 3.92 | 3.92 |
| 2M | 4.15 | 3.88 | 0.91 | 0.91 | 3.77 | 3.78 |
| 3M | 4.39 | 3.86 | 0.49 | 0.49 | 3.80 | 3.79 |
| 6M | 4.45 | 3.72 | -0.05 | -0.05 | 3.78 | 3.77 |
| 12M | 4.68 | 3.45 | -0.89 | -0.89 | 3.63 | 3.64 |
Collecting qualified indicative spot observations. Periods without enough history remain empty.
Indicative spot midpoints. Sample log-return volatility; 5-minute observations, annualised using 252 × 23 hours. Asia: 00–08 UTC; London pre-NY: 08 UTC–08:20 ET; NY: 08:20–17 ET. These are different observation windows, not eight-hour price moves.
Session Volatility (annualised)
| Metal | Asia | London pre-NY | NY | Day |
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Rolling 1h Vol (annualised)
Completed Sessions · Annualised
Collecting qualified indicative spot observations. Periods without enough history remain empty.
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