Spot silver rose by more than 2 percent to $35.45 an ounce on Friday, rebounding from a near 12 percent slide in the previous session and snapping a five-day losing streak.
COMEX silver SIcv1 fell as much as 5 percent earlier in the day, but had regained some ground to $35.48 by 0200 GMT, down 2 percent from the previous close.
