On the last trading day of 2025, both gold and silver prices fell, but their annual gains still remained the highest in over four decades. Spot gold hovered around $4,320 per ounce, while silver fell to $71 per ounce. Trading was thin after the holiday, and the two precious metals experienced wild price fluctuations, plummeting on Monday, rebounding on Tuesday, and then falling again on Wednesday. This period of significant volatility prompted the Chicago Mercantile Exchange (CME) 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 increasing debt burdens in developed economies fueled market concerns and gave rise to so-called currency devaluation trades, further propelling precious metal prices upward.