{"id":41079,"date":"2026-02-20T12:04:27","date_gmt":"2026-02-20T12:04:27","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/ipp-news.com\/?p=41079"},"modified":"2026-02-20T12:04:27","modified_gmt":"2026-02-20T12:04:27","slug":"gold-silver-prices-climb-again-as-local-rates-hit-new-highs","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/ipp-news.com\/?p=41079","title":{"rendered":"Gold, silver prices climb again as local rates hit new highs"},"content":{"rendered":"<div>Gold and silver prices continued their upward trend on Thursday, widening the gap between precious metals and consumer affordability.<\/p>\n<p>In the international bullion market, gold rose by $79 per ounce to $5,012, prompting a surge in local rates. US gold futures for April delivery were up 0.4% at $5,031.20, while spot gold climbed 0.7% to $5,012.83 per ounce by 0634 GMT.<\/p>\n<p>In Pakistan, the price of one tola of gold increased by Rs7,900 to Rs523,962, while 10 grams rose by Rs6,773 to Rs449,212.<\/p>\n<p>Read: Equities hammered on regional tensions<\/p>\n<p>Silver prices also gained momentum, with one tola reaching Rs8,404, up Rs358, and 10 grams hitting Rs7,205, a gain of Rs205. Spot silver rose 2.7% to $79.24 per ounce after climbing more than 5% on Wednesday.<\/p>\n<p>Other precious metals also saw gains in global trading. Spot platinum rose 1.4% to $2,100.45 per ounce, while palladium increased 1% to $1,733.45.<\/p>\n<p>Traders attributed the surge to robust demand in international markets, which continues to influence domestic prices amid economic uncertainty.<\/p><\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Gold and silver prices continued their upward trend on Thursday, widening the gap between precious metals and consumer affordability. In the international bullion market, gold rose by $79 per ounce to $5,012, prompting a surge in local rates. US gold futures for April delivery were up 0.4% at $5,031.20, while spot gold climbed 0.7% to [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[6],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-41079","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-english-news"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/ipp-news.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/41079","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/ipp-news.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/ipp-news.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/ipp-news.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/ipp-news.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=41079"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/ipp-news.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/41079\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/ipp-news.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=41079"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/ipp-news.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=41079"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/ipp-news.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=41079"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}