Metals ran the board this week.
Silver broke $60/oz for the first time, then kept climbing toward $63, and gold pushed within reach of $4,400 on a weakening dollar and a shock jobs report that rattled the whole complex late Friday.
Crude went the other way, sinking twice on Iran de-escalation and demand jitters, while wheat took it on the chin midweek before rebounding hard to close.
Here's what readers actually opened, most-read first.
Every Saturday we pull the week's five daily editions and rank them by what got read, not by what we thought would land.
This week the podium went to silver's record breakout, gold's own record run, and a quieter canola/wheat session
Read on for all five.
🥈 #1 — Silver Tops $60 as Crude Sinks 5.7%, Grains Slip
The week's most-opened edition.
Silver broke $60/oz for the first time on record with gold along for the ride, while WTI crude fell below $76 and corn, beans, and all three wheat boards retreated.
🥇 #2 — Gold Tops $4,300, Silver Nears $63 as Dollar Slides
A reader favourite.
Gold jumped 3.7% and silver 3.4% on a weaker dollar and a Fed hold, while WTI eased back, wheat gained across all three boards, and soybeans cracked key support.
🌾 #3 — Canola Gains as KC, Minneapolis Wheat Slide Near 2%
Corn and soybeans firmed slightly while Chicago wheat and oats slipped too, and gold held near a seven-week high with silver easing back alongside it.
🛢️ #4 — Oil Sinks 5% as Trump Pauses Iran Strike, Grains Rally
Corn gained 1.8% and oats jumped 2% as SRW wheat rallied, while crude dropped below $81 on Iran de-escalation and an OPEC+ supply hike opened the week.
🌾 #5 — Jobs Shock Fuels Gold, Silver Surge as Wheat Rebounds
A shock U.S. jobs contraction sank the dollar, sending gold and silver to fresh highs and lifting all three wheat boards more than 1% to close the week.
📌 The Week in One Line
Throughline: The dollar was the week's quiet driver — its slide, capped by a Fed hold and then broken wide open by a shock jobs report, is what sent gold and silver on their run.
Standout: Silver's breakout past $60, and its push on toward $63, was the story readers came back for twice.
Cross-market driver: Crude's two-sided week — down on Iran de-escalation Monday, down again by midweek — kept diesel costs easier even as the metals ran hot.