India, June 5 -- The country's largest silver-producing company came into focus after silver prices surged to a record high today, rising by 3 percent. Riding on this momentum, the company's stock also gained sharply, climbing 6.33 percent.

Silver today touched an Intraday High of Rs. 104,947, up over 3 percent on an intraday basis. In the past one week alone, silver has risen by 7.53 percent. This Year's return for silver from January to June stands at 19.59 percent, outperforming returns from equity. With a market capitalisation of Rs. 2,07,927 Crore, the stock of Hindustan Zinc opened at Rs. 469.45, around the same level as yesterday's close, but after opening, it made a high of Rs. 497.20, up 6.33 percent. Additionally, the Yearly re...