Silver miners fall as metal prices edge lower on strong dollar

Shares of silver miners fall, tracking a decline in prices of the metal GOL/

Spot silver XAG= down 4.6% at $69.52/ounce, as the dollar strengthened after reports that the U.S. will deploy thousands of additional troops in the Middle East, further fanning concerns of higher oil prices, inflation, and elevated interest rates

Hecla Mining HL.N drops 3.2%, Coeur Mining CDE.N falls ~1%

Canadian miners Endeavour Silver EDR.TO and Silvercorp Metals SVM.TO fall 4.9% and 3.2%, respectively

Abrdn Physical Silver Shares ETF SIVR.P and iShares Silver Trust ETF SLV.P each dip 3.8%