Silver, New York copper, and platinum group metals surged and then retreated

On Wednesday (December 24), at the New York close, spot silver rose by 0.62% to $71.87 per ounce, having previously reached a historic high of $72.7000 at 09:53 Beijing time, and then refreshed the daily low to $70.1999 at 23:48—forming a short-term V-shaped reversal.
COMEX silver futures rose by 1.04% to $71.875 per ounce, also refreshing (intraday) historical high to $72.750 at 09:52.
COMEX copper futures rose by 0.22% to $5.5730 per pound, having previously reached $5.6645 at 14:37.
Spot platinum fell by 1.45% to $2256.73 per ounce, having reached $2381.53 at 08:47 Beijing time—breaking the historical high of $2300 set in 2008, and then dropping to a daily low of $2149.71 at 23:47; spot palladium fell by 7.03% to $1726.84 per ounce, having previously reached $1962.42 at 14:47—approaching the peak of $2046.21 on November 18, 2022, and the peak of $3442.47 (which occurred on March 7 of that year), and then gradually declining