Silver fell 2% in early Tuesday trading, a steeper daily loss than gold's 1.23% decline, as gold moved below $4,090 an ounce and both precious metals weakened.
Silver was reported at $52.35 an ounce after a $0.50 drop over a short interval. Gold also lost more than $20 in a short move. Those dollar changes describe shorter moves, while the percentage figures measure each metal's decline for the day to that point.
The declines contrasted with silver's Nov. 4 advance, when it gained 5.1% to $52.29 an ounce and gold rose 3.4% to $4,061.30. Silver recorded the larger percentage move on both dates, though the reported prices are separate snapshots rather than a measure of the change between them.
