Distance from the record
This close sat 14.58% below the highest silver close recorded up to that date, set on 2008-03-05.
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This page is a historical record of the silver price in 16 April 2010, not the current price.See today's silver price (11 September 2026)
Lowest closing price since 31 March 2010
Silver closed at $17.67 per troy ounce on 16 April 2010, down $0.755 (4.10%) from the previous close of $18.42.
Notable session: lowest close of the month; moved more than 3% in a session.
Silver lost 4.10% in one session, far more than a normal day's range. Falls this size rarely happen in isolation — the days on either side give the move its context.
This close sat 14.58% below the highest silver close recorded up to that date, set on 2008-03-05.
Twelve months earlier silver traded around $12.25, making this a +44.24% move year on year.
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Silver closed at $17.67 per troy ounce on 16 April 2010. That is $0.75 lower than the previous close of $18.42, a move of -4.10%.
The silver price fell on 16 April 2010, losing $0.75 (4.10%) against the previous session's close of $18.42.
At $17.67 per troy ounce, one gram of pure silver was worth about $0.57 on 16 April 2010. A troy ounce is 31.1034768 grams.
The gold-to-silver ratio closed at about 64.3 on 16 April 2010, meaning one ounce of gold was worth roughly 64.3 ounces of silver.
A week before 16 April 2010, silver was around $18.34 per troy ounce, so the close of $17.67 is a loss of 3.7% over the week.
A year before 16 April 2010, silver was around $12.25 per troy ounce. The close of $17.67 therefore represents a rise of 44.2% over twelve months.
It closed 14.58% below the highest close on record up to that date, which was set on 2008-03-05.