Spot silver rose by 2.01% intraday, quoted at $57.03 per ounce; the main COMEX silver futures contract is currently quoted at $57.30 per ounce, up 1.72% intraday.

The Dow Jones closed down 0.59%, the Nasdaq fell 0.05%, and the S&P 500 dropped 0.19%. Among the most actively traded stocks, Micron Technology rose 1.94%, Nvidia gained 0.23%, SanDisk increased 2.67%, while Apple fell 2.14%.

SpaceX (SPCX.US) will announce its Q2 2026 results and hold a webcast on August 4 local time.

Spot platinum has just broken through the $1,590.00/oz mark, last quoted at $1,589.84/oz, down 0.17% on the day; Nymex main platinum futures are currently quoted at $1,598.9/oz, down 0.84% on the day.

The US dollar index, which measures the dollar against six major currencies, rose by 0.19% on the day to close at 100.957 in late trading on the forex market. By the end of trading in New York, 1 euro was exchanged for 1.1415 US dollars, lower than the previous trading day's 1.1436 US dollars; 1 pound sterling was exchanged for 1.3436 US dollars, lower than the previous day's 1.3454 US dollars. One US dollar could be exchanged for 162.50 Japanese yen, higher than the previous day's 162.45 yen;