Silver rate today, Feb. 18 -- White metal Silver edged higher on Wednesday, February 18, while gold traded added 1% amid thin volumes, as several major Asian markets remained shut for the Lunar New Year holidays. A firmer US dollar and signs of progress in US-Iran talks also capped any meaningful upside in precious metals.

MCX silver rate rose as much as 2.14% to its day's high of Rs.2,33,673 per kg while the MCX gold rate added 1.2% to its intra-day high of Rs.1,53,303 per 10 grams.

Meanwhile, in the international markets, Spot silver slipped 0.8% to $72.86 per ounce, following a sharp decline of more than 4% in the previous session. Spot gold edged up 0.2% to $4,886.69 per ounce by 0110 GMT, after tumbling more than 2% on Tuesday to i...