RTRS: COMEX silver extends gains, rises by more than 2 percent
May 9 (Reuters) - COMEX silver SIcv1 rose by as much as 2.4 percent to $36.15 an ounce on Monday, extending gains from Friday as a weaker dollar lent support.
The dollar index , a measure of the greenback's strength against a basket of currencies, declined nearly 0.4 percent.