The London Metal Exchange’s gold and silver futures are being thrown into doubt, with the imminent resignation of Societe Generale (SOGN.PA) as a market maker threatening to deepen a decline in trading activity, three sources said. SocGen, one of five lenders that partnered with the LME to launch the contracts in 2017, is expected to resign shortly as a market maker, taking the number of banks committed to offering tradeable prices to two — Goldman Sachs (GS.N) and Morgan Stanley (MS.N), the sources said. That has triggered a discussion over the contracts’ future. “There’s still commitment,” said one of the sources. ... (full story)