Silver Breaks $101, Intel Stock Plunges 17%: Markets Today - SPDR Dow Jones Industrial Average ETF (ARCA:DIA), iShares Russell 2000 ETF (ARCA:IWM), Invesco QQQ Trust, Series 1 (NASDAQ:QQQ)

Precious metals continued to dominate Wall Street headlines on Friday as silver surged through the $100-per-ounce threshold and traded around $101 per ounce by midday in New York, marking a staggering 230% gain over the past year.Gold flirted with the equally eye-catching $5,000-per-ounce level, a price that stood nearly 80 percentage points lower just a year earlier.The rally extended beyond gold and silver. Across the broader commodities complex, momentum remained strong. Palladium jumped 6%, breaking abo ...