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Silver firmed 0.4% to $75.31, edging higher but still roughly a third below its cycle peak.

Silver lags gold's central-bank bid; it needs industrial and AI-hardware demand to close the gap with the yellow metal.

$74 support and $78 resistance bracket the move; a gold breakout would likely drag silver with it.

The S&P 500 notched another record close at 7,610, up 0.1%, as a powerful chip rally outweighed an oil spike and the crypto rout.

AI is doing the heavy lifting and breadth is narrow, with semiconductors carrying the index higher.

Sustaining records needs follow-through from mega-cap tech; Friday's NFP print is the next macro test.