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Precious metals miners Endeavour Mining PLC and Fresnillo PLC led the FTSE 100 fallers after the four-day Easter weekend, as London-listed shares appeared to catch up with declines in gold and silver prices seen at the end of last week.
Gold fell from over $4,880 an ounce on Thursday to $4,651 at the time of reporting, while silver dropped from $75.5 an ounce to $72.6. The article attributes the broader commodity volatility to market uncertainty following strikes by the US and Israel on Iran that began at the end of February.
Since the start of the year, gold has swung sharply: it rose from around $4,300 to above $5,400 an ounce in January, then moved from above $5,250 in early March to below $4,400. Silver has also been volatile, moving from $93 to as low as $68.
Oil prices crept higher, with Brent crude hovering above $111 a barrel, near levels not seen since 2022. Market analyst Matt Britzman of Hargreaves Lansdown said oil has become a key transmission channel for broader market risk.
“Oil has effectively become the key transmission channel for broader market risk,” Britzman said, adding that moves feed into bond yields, equity sentiment and even gold prices as investors try to gauge how far the conflict could hit global energy supply.
The article also links the oil-driven volatility to warnings from Iran about potential escalation, including attacks on Gulf energy infrastructure if the US targets civilian assets.
US President Donald Trump shared a new 8pm ET Tuesday deadline on social media on Sunday, demanding that unless Iran strikes a deal there will be strikes on civilian infrastructure, including bridges and power plants.

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