Silver:

By giving over a flamboyant return of 20 per cent this year till December 6, silver has again beaten gold in 2012. The metal, used in various industries, may shine again if growth in big economies such as China and the US picks up. Efforts by European policymakers to curtail the debt of the region's nations is expected to trigger recovery in the manufacturing sector and increase the demand for industrial metals, including silver.

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"In the next six months, silver is likely to trade between 65,000 and 67,000 per kg," says Nalini Rao, senior research analyst, international commodities & currencies, Angel Commodities. On December 6, it was at 61,780 per kg.

GFMS, a metals research firm, says the industrial demand is expected to grow by 7 per cent to 484 million ounces in 2013 and around 6 per cent to 511.6 million ounces in 2014.

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