现货白银向上触及60美元/盎司，日内涨2.89%。

COMEX gold futures topped $4,100/oz, up 0.34% intraday. COMEX silver futures rose above $59/oz, up 0.53% intraday.

US initial jobless claims fell by 2,000 to 215,000 in the week ended July 4, the Labor Department said Thursday, seasonally adjusted; the prior reading was revised up to 217,000. After rising in late May and early June, claims have retreated, and most economists view the earlier increase as noise. Despite a sharp slowdown in June payrolls and downward revisions to April and May nonfarm employment, economists say the labor market has not materially changed and remains in a "slow hiring, slow firing" mode.