iShares Silver Trust (NYSEARCA:SLV) Shares Down 4.4% – Here’s What Happened

iShares Silver Trust (NYSEARCA:SLV)’s share price were down 4.4% during mid-day trading on Wednesday . The stock traded as low as $65.34 and last traded at $65.9660. Approximately 32,978,151 shares traded hands during mid-day trading, an increase of 18% from the average daily volume of 27,935,395 shares. The stock had previously closed at $68.98.

Key Headlines Impacting iShares Silver Trust

Here are the key news stories impacting iShares Silver Trust this week:

• Positive Sentiment: Structural shortage and industrial demand (notably solar) remain major bullish drivers for silver — this underpins long-term fundamentals for SLV and supports ETF physical accumulation. Silver shines in 2025 global market spotlight as softs, oil lag
• Positive Sentiment: China’s new export restrictions on silver tighten global supply and could lift physical prices — a bullish structural development for SLV over time. China to restrict silver exports, echoing rare earths playbook
• Neutral Sentiment: Record retail and tokenized-market interest is boosting turnover and volatility — this raises liquidity but also the chance of quick reversals; can amplify both inflows to SLV and short-term outflows. Silver’s record rally drives sharp rise in tokenized metal volumes
• Neutral Sentiment: Analysts and trading gurus warn the rally is volatile and prone to sharp corrections; that caution can slow new inflows even as fundamentals stay supportive. Trading guru Peter Brandt warns winners of silver’s epic rally to watch out
• Negative Sentiment: CME Group’s repeated hikes to futures margin requirements have forced some leveraged positions to de-risk, triggering selling and heavier volatility — a key proximate cause of today’s weakness in SLV. Gold, silver prices fall after CME raises precious metals margins — again
• Negative Sentiment: Large, rapid profit‑taking and holiday-week liquidity flushes produced steep intraday drops and headline risk (reports of a flash‑crash style sell‑off), pressuring SLV and driving a big single‑day move. Gold price down, silver strongly down amid extreme volatility

iShares Silver Trust Stock Down 5.9%

The business has a 50-day simple moving average of $51.44 and a two-hundred day simple moving average of $42.14. The stock has a market capitalization of $34.96 billion, a price-to-earnings ratio of -8.51 and a beta of 0.38.

Institutional Inflows and Outflows

Several large investors have recently bought and sold shares of the company. Keel Point LLC lifted its holdings in iShares Silver Trust by 7.2% in the 3rd quarter. Keel Point LLC now owns 163,201 shares of the exchange traded fund’s stock valued at $6,915,000 after acquiring an additional 11,025 shares during the last quarter. Mainstay Capital Management LLC ADV lifted its stake in iShares Silver Trust by 478.6% during the third quarter. Mainstay Capital Management LLC ADV now owns 999,890 shares of the exchange traded fund’s stock valued at $42,365,000 after purchasing an additional 827,089 shares during the last quarter. Strategic Investment Solutions Inc. IL boosted its holdings in iShares Silver Trust by 107.7% during the third quarter. Strategic Investment Solutions Inc. IL now owns 108,450 shares of the exchange traded fund’s stock worth $4,595,000 after buying an additional 56,235 shares in the last quarter. Innova Wealth Partners boosted its holdings in iShares Silver Trust by 11.4% during the third quarter. Innova Wealth Partners now owns 7,835 shares of the exchange traded fund’s stock worth $332,000 after buying an additional 800 shares in the last quarter. Finally, Lantern Wealth Advisors LLC acquired a new position in iShares Silver Trust in the third quarter worth approximately $316,000.

iShares Silver Trust Company Profile

iShares Silver Trust (the Trust) owns silver transferred to the Trust in exchange for shares issued by the Trust. The Trust’s each share represents a fractional undivided beneficial interest in its net assets. The assets of the Trust consist of silver held by the Trust’s custodian on behalf of the Trust. The activities of the Trust are limited to issuing baskets of shares in exchange for the silver deposited with the custodian as consideration, selling silver as necessary to cover the sponsor’s fee, Trust expenses not assumed by the sponsor and other liabilities, and delivering silver in exchange for baskets of shares surrendered for redemption.