Highest so far that month
No earlier session that month closed above this level.
This page is a historical record of the silver price in 17 October 2023, not the current price.See today's silver price (11 September 2026)
Highest closing price since 26 September 2023
Silver closed at $22.86 per troy ounce on 17 October 2023, up $0.253 (1.12%) from the previous close of $22.61.
Silver moved the opposite way to the session before it. Single-day reversals are common and usually mean little on their own — what matters is whether the next few sessions follow.
No earlier session that month closed above this level.
This close sat 52.94% below the highest silver close recorded up to that date, set on 2011-04-29.
Twelve months earlier silver traded around $18.67, making this a +22.43% move year on year.
Figures in this section are shown in USD, independent of the currency selected above.
Silver closed at $22.86 per troy ounce on 17 October 2023. That is $0.25 higher than the previous close of $22.61, a move of 1.12%.
The silver price rose on 17 October 2023, gaining $0.25 (1.12%) against the previous session's close of $22.61.
At $22.86 per troy ounce, one gram of pure silver was worth about $0.74 on 17 October 2023. A troy ounce is 31.1034768 grams.
The gold-to-silver ratio closed at about 84.1 on 17 October 2023, meaning one ounce of gold was worth roughly 84.1 ounces of silver.
A week before 17 October 2023, silver was around $21.78 per troy ounce, so the close of $22.86 is a gain of 5.0% over the week.
A year before 17 October 2023, silver was around $18.67 per troy ounce. The close of $22.86 therefore represents a rise of 22.4% over twelve months.
It closed 52.94% below the highest close on record up to that date, which was set on 2011-04-29.