Silver fell on Thursday, for the first time in several sessions, as the US dollar rose against most currencies, despite a drop in stock markets and concerns over a renewed US-China trade war.
The Donald Trump administration continued to accuse China of mishandling the coronavirus outbreak and blaming it for the global pandemic and the death of hundreds of thousands of victims and infecting five million others.
The US Senate today passed a bill that would prevent Chinese companies from listing their shares for public offering on the US stock exchanges.
The dollar index rose against a basket of currencies by 0.2% to 99.3 points as of 22:49 GMT, after it hit a high of 99.5 and a low of 99.02.
Silver July futures fell 3.7% or 66.7 cents to close at $17.364 an ounce, after hitting a day high of $17.475 and a low of $17.43.