Silver prices fell in European trade on Friday, resuming losses and approaching two-week lows, while on track for the second weekly loss in a row on weak investment demand.

Traders are now preferring higher-yield asserts, especially US treasury bonds and bitcoin exchange funds.

Silver Prices Today

Silver prices fell 0.75% to $22.51 an ounce, with a session-high at $22.79, after closing up 1% on Thursday, away from two-week lows at $22.28.

Weekly Trades

Silver prices are down 2.0% so far this week on track for the second weekly loss in a row.

Weak Investment Demand

As the odds of early Fed rate cuts this year fade, the yields on US 10-year treasury bonds surged to three-month highs.

Demand is also strengthening on Bitcoin exchange funds after official US approval in January, attracting massive liquidity in the past two weeks.

Such developments are pressuring non-yielding assets, including gold and silver, in favor of better, more competitive assets now.