These ASX silver shares fell today, along with the price of silver

South32 Ltd (ASX: S32), Silver Mines Limited (ASX: SVL), Manuka Resources Ltd (ASX: MKR), and Silver Lake Resources Limited (ASX: SLR)’s share prices all finished lower at the close of trading today.

The South32 share price ended the day 1.79% lower while Silver Mines shares were down 4.55%. Manuka Resources shares were selling 3.33% under yesterday’s close while the Silver Lake share price fell 4.29%. To put these numbers in perspective, the All Ordinaries Index (ASX: XAO) finished just 0.47% down on yesterday.

The slump in these ASX mining share prices can be attributed to today’s fall in silver.

Today’s drop in the silver price

Silver fell by 1.83% today in commodities trading to US$26.20 at the time of writing. For…