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May 4 AM Silver Market​


๐Ÿ‡จ๐Ÿ‡ณ SFE Futures (Holiday)
๐Ÿ‡จ๐Ÿ‡ณ SGE Spot (Holiday)
๐Ÿ‡ฎ๐Ÿ‡ณ MCX Futures $75.12
๐Ÿ‡ฎ๐Ÿ‡ณ IBJA PM Spot $74.55 (๐Ÿ”ฅ~$1 premium to ๐Ÿ‡ฌ๐Ÿ‡ง LBMA Spot๐Ÿ”ฅ)
๐Ÿ‡ฌ๐Ÿ‡ง LBMA Spot $73.56
๐Ÿ‡บ๐Ÿ‡ธ COMEX May26 Futures $73.11 (EFP spread -$0.24)

LBMA Spot ๐Ÿ‡ฌ๐Ÿ‡ง


Last night silver tread water between $75 and $76 before falling to ~$72 and then recovering to ~$73 this morning.
spot 5-4-26.gif

EFP Spreads (ET)​


Spot price @ 07:16 : $73.56

May26 = -$0.24 vs -$0.07 Previously (spot @ 06:32 : $73.35)
Jun26 = +$0.13 vs +$0.23
Jul26 = +$0.40 vs +$0.47
futures 5-4-26.webp

EFP Commentary​


EFP spreads shift slightly to the negative side. I think -$0.24 should be sufficient incentive to take delivery of May26 silver and ship it to London.

India ๐Ÿ‡ฎ๐Ÿ‡ณ


MMTC-PAMP (retail) : $84.00 (less 10% taxes = $75.60)
Jun26 [SILVERM 5kg] : $80.95 (less 7.2% taxes = $75.12)
Jul26 [SILVER 30kg] : $79.80
IBJA PM spot : $78.48 (less 5% duty = $74.55)

China ๐Ÿ‡จ๐Ÿ‡ณ


SGE & SFE closed due to holiday until May 8.

General Coments​


I would think that India's IBJA spot carries a sufficient premium over LBMA spot to encourage an arb trade that drains the LBMA vault stock (buy LBMA, sell IBJA).

At the same time, May26 EFP Spread at -$0.24 should encourage more COMEX draining (to the LBMA).

I expect COMEX withdrawals to pick up again shortly (and consequently for my run rate estimates to quickly fall sharply).
 
India using the Chinese holiday to take advantage of the drop this week.
 
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