{"id":63393,"date":"2025-12-17T08:13:20","date_gmt":"2025-12-17T08:13:20","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/thepatientinvestor.com\/?p=63393"},"modified":"2025-12-17T08:13:20","modified_gmt":"2025-12-17T08:13:20","slug":"platinum-jumps-to-17-year-high","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/thepatientinvestor.com\/index.php\/2025\/12\/17\/platinum-jumps-to-17-year-high\/","title":{"rendered":"Platinum jumps to 17-year high"},"content":{"rendered":"<h4>Key Points<\/h4>\n<ul>\n<li>Platinum futures jumped to $1,954 per ounce (January delivery) on NYMEX.<\/li>\n<li>The spot price rose above $1,900 per ounce, the highest since July 2008.<\/li>\n<li>The EU is relaxing its ban, which would have ended the sale of internal combustion engine vehicles by 2035.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<hr \/>\n<p>NYMEX platinum futures (@PL.1) for January 2026 delivery climbed to $1,954 per ounce.<\/p>\n<p><img data-recalc-dims=\"1\" loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter\" src=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.incrediblecharts.com\/images\/2025\/2025-12-16-platinum.png?resize=525%2C329&#038;ssl=1\" alt=\"Platinum\" width=\"525\" height=\"329\" \/><\/p>\n<p>The spot price rose to a 17-year high at $1,906 per ounce, the highest since July 2008.<\/p>\n<blockquote><p>Announced today, after massive pressure from European auto makers, the EU is relaxing its ban on combustion engine vehicles that would have ended the sale of them by 2035. Bottom line, hybrids are winning vs full EVs and ICE vehicles still sell because that is what the market wants. It\u2019s also the main reason why we own platinum as hybrids use more platinum per car than an ICE vehicle and where full EVs use none. (The Boock Report)<\/p><\/blockquote>\n<h2>Conclusion<\/h2>\n<p>Hybrid vehicle sales are growing rapidly relative to full battery-electric vehicles (BEVs), and news that the EU is relaxing its ban on internal combustion engine vehicles (by 2035) will likely further boost demand for platinum.<\/p>\n<h4>Acknowledgments<\/h4>\n<ul>\n<li>Peter Boockvar, The Boock Report: <a href=\"https:\/\/peterboockvar.substack.com\/p\/another-failure-of-government-industrial\">Another failure of government industrial policy<\/a><\/li>\n<li>CNBC: <a href=\"https:\/\/www.cnbc.com\/quotes\/@PL.1\">Platinum Futures<\/a><\/li>\n<li>KITCO: <a href=\"https:\/\/www.kitco.com\/charts\/platinum\">Platinum 24-Hour Spot Price (Bid)<\/a><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Key Points Platinum futures jumped to $1,954 per ounce (January delivery) on NYMEX. The spot price rose above $1,900 per ounce, the highest since July 2008. The EU is relaxing its ban, which would have ended the sale of internal combustion engine vehicles by 2035. NYMEX platinum futures (@PL.1) for January 2026 delivery climbed to &hellip; <\/p>\n<p class=\"link-more\"><a href=\"https:\/\/thepatientinvestor.com\/index.php\/2025\/12\/17\/platinum-jumps-to-17-year-high\/\" class=\"more-link\">Continue reading<span class=\"screen-reader-text\"> &#8220;Platinum jumps to 17-year high&#8221;<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_mo_disable_npp":"","_jetpack_memberships_contains_paid_content":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[9,3758],"tags":[4698,7113,4847,4460],"class_list":["post-63393","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-gold-precious-metals","category-structural-trends","tag-battery-electric-vehicles","tag-hybrid-electric-vehicles","tag-internal-combustion-engines","tag-platinum"],"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO plugin v27.2 - https:\/\/yoast.com\/product\/yoast-seo-wordpress\/ -->\n<title>Platinum jumps to 17-year high - the patient investor<\/title>\n<meta name=\"robots\" content=\"noindex, follow\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:locale\" content=\"en_US\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:type\" content=\"article\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:title\" content=\"Platinum jumps to 17-year high - the patient investor\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:description\" content=\"Key Points Platinum futures jumped to $1,954 per ounce (January delivery) on NYMEX. 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Precious metals demand spiked in an investor flight to safety. 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