Silver +3%, Gold Back Above $5,000 – Metals Hold Firm

[Chart courtesy of MarketWatch.com][Chart courtesy of MarketWatch.com]Moving the marketThe S&P 500 opened pretty flat while traders kept rotating out of tech stocks, sending the Nasdaq sharply lower.The main trigger was AMD sliding 14% after its Q1 forecast came in softer than some analysts hoped, which piled more pressure on the sector. Broadcom dipped 3%, Micron fell 8%, and the rest of the chip/AI crowd followed suit.ADP’s private payrolls report for January came in weak—just +22,000 jobs added vs. the + ...