Silver futures were trading lower during the afternoon trade in the domestic market on Wednesday as participants engaged in trimming their positions taking weak cues from global market.

Marketmen attributed the fall in silver prices at futures trade to a weak trend in the precious metals overseas and profit-booking by participants at existing levels.

At the MCX, silver futures for December 2017 contract was trading at Rs 40241 per kg, down by 0.21 per cent, after opening at Rs 40,207, against a previous close of Rs 40,327. It touched the intra-day low of Rs 40,184(at 15:04 hours).