半两财经｜又创新高！黄金期货站上4500美元关口

Group 1 - The core viewpoint of the articles highlights the significant rise in gold and silver prices, with COMEX gold futures reaching a new high of $4503 per ounce and silver prices also hitting a record of $69.45 per ounce, driven by factors such as the Federal Reserve's interest rate cuts, global central bank gold purchases, heightened geopolitical risks, and a weakening dollar [1][2]. - Gold prices have increased by over 67% year-to-date, with analysts from JPMorgan, Bank of America, and Metals Focus predicting that gold could reach $5000 per ounce by 2026, while domestic analysts expect short-term fluctuations around the $4400 per ounce mark [1]. - The recent surge in silver prices is attributed to the Federal Reserve's continued accommodative policies, signaling a potential restart of quantitative easing (QE), alongside tight supply conditions in the silver market [2]. Group 2 - The Shanghai Futures Exchange announced new regulations for silver futures trading, limiting the maximum number of contracts for non-futures company members and certain foreign participants to 10,000 contracts per day starting December 24, 2025 [3]. - Transaction fees for silver futures have been adjusted, with the fee for the AG2602 contract set at 0.025% of the transaction amount for day trades starting December 24, 2025 [4]. - The fee for the AG2604 contract has been set at 0.005% of the transaction amount for day trades, effective from the same date [5].