白银、铜价创新高！芝商所罕见“宕机”，啥情况？

Group 1: Metal Prices Surge - Spot gold prices increased by nearly 1.5%, reaching the $4200 mark, marking a new high in nearly two weeks and the fourth consecutive month of gains [1] - Spot silver prices rose for the seventh consecutive month, hitting a historical high of $56.397 per ounce, up 5.66%, with a weekly increase of over 12%, the strongest weekly performance since 2020 [1][2] - London copper prices surged by 2.5% to around $11,210 per ton, setting a record high [1] Group 2: Trading System Outage - The Chicago Mercantile Exchange (CME) experienced a system outage, halting trading across global forex, commodities, and stock futures, coinciding with silver's historical price peak [4] - The outage was attributed to a cooling issue at the CyrusOne data center, and it was confirmed by CME late Thursday night [4] - This incident is not the first for CME, as it has faced similar technical issues in the past, including significant outages in 2014 and 2019 [4] Group 3: Federal Reserve's Interest Rate Expectations - Market expectations for a Federal Reserve rate cut in December have significantly increased, providing strong macro support for gold and silver prices [5] - The probability of a 25 basis point rate cut in December is now at 85.4%, up from 50% the previous week [5][6] - Analysts suggest that the current economic slowdown and dovish comments from Fed officials are driving investors back to the gold market [5]