The price of silver ended the week pretty much where it started, in the $17.70 range. SLV closed @ $175.78 down 5 cents from last Friday's close. The price of gold closed at about $924.90, up from last Friday. GLD closed at $91.30 up from $90.25. Palladium closed at $471 up about $30. Platinum closed at $2008, roughly unchanged.

The silver retail market supply has continued to be very tight on 2008 Silver Eagles, Engelhard Prospector rounds, and 10oz silver bars. After the drop from $21 sales increased causing dealers to have shortages of popular forms of silver. As a result, the premiums (the price paid over the "spot" price) have increased.