LONDON: Silver rose more than 3 percent to a session high of $35.30 an ounce on Friday, tracking gold higher as tensions in Libya increased and investors saw precious metals as a safe haven from risk.

Silver was at $35.22 an ounce at 1224 GMT, up from $34.18 on Thursday.

"It's purely taking place from the investment side," a trader said of silver's gains. "From an industrial point of view we don't see anything special.

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