Yesterday's biggest federal contract bought raw silver — 42.4 million dollars of it, going straight to the U.S. Mint.

StoneX Financial took the single award from Treasury; the line item reads simply, silver raw material for Mint MAC bullion, smelted and refined under a nonferrous metals code.

Across the rest of the day, agencies obligated 392 million over 1,651 transactions — down 81 percent from the prior day, but up nearly 400 percent against the same weekday last week. Agriculture led at 59.6 million, Leidos pulled 29 million in computer services, Caddell Construction picked up 21 million for a federal building.

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