Silver steals a march on gold, equities amid US-China tensions

Thanks to the aggressive stimulus measures announced by global central banks, this financial year has been phenomenal for those investing in the stock markets as well as precious metals. Within that, the returns generated by silver have been the most impressive. 

So far, this financial year (from April 1 to date), silver has gained 63 per cent, while gold and the equities market (Nifty50 returns) have climbed 21 per cent and 30 per cent, respectively. 
 

Silver, which also has industrial usage, has been a rather late entrant to the party. 

At the start of the month, its returns for the