The silver market seemed to take most of its directional clues from gold rather than other outside market influences. Like gold, silver steadily climbed after a lower open tied to a stronger trade in the dollar that seemed to encourage some traders to book profits in riskier assets like metals. It was certainly impressive to see the silver market quickly shrug off a lower equity and oil trade since that combination could have soured the macro economic outlook for the metal, especially after the data this week raised doubts about the strength of the economic recovery. Instead, December silver found strong buying interest near the session low which also happened to be a key chart level. While the recovery in silver seemed to be primarily on gold's coattails, the strength in copper may have also provided some spill over support.