Highest so far that month
No earlier session that month closed above this level.
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This page is a historical record of the silver price in 18 April 2018, not the current price.See today's silver price (11 September 2026)
Highest closing price since 26 January 2018
Silver closed at $17.23 per troy ounce on 18 April 2018, up $0.459 (2.74%) from the previous close of $16.77.
Notable session: highest close of the month.
This was a 2.74% move in one session — well beyond a typical day for silver. Moves this size are usually a reaction to something specific rather than ordinary drift, so the surrounding news is worth checking alongside the number.
No earlier session that month closed above this level.
This close sat 64.53% below the highest silver close recorded up to that date, set on 2011-04-29.
One of the ten highest silver closes of that year, ranking 4 of 250 sessions.
Twelve months earlier silver traded around $18.25, making this a -5.59% move year on year.
Figures in this section are shown in USD, independent of the currency selected above.
Silver closed at $17.23 per troy ounce on 18 April 2018. That is $0.46 higher than the previous close of $16.77, a move of 2.74%.
The silver price rose on 18 April 2018, gaining $0.46 (2.74%) against the previous session's close of $16.77.
At $17.23 per troy ounce, one gram of pure silver was worth about $0.55 on 18 April 2018. A troy ounce is 31.1034768 grams.
The gold-to-silver ratio closed at about 78.4 on 18 April 2018, meaning one ounce of gold was worth roughly 78.4 ounces of silver.
A week before 18 April 2018, silver was around $16.74 per troy ounce, so the close of $17.23 is a gain of 2.9% over the week.
A month before 18 April 2018, silver was around $16.20 per troy ounce, so the close of $17.23 is a gain of 6.4% over the month.
This close was session 4 of a consecutive run of gains. A run is counted by closes, so an intraday reversal that still closed in the same direction does not break it.
It closed 64.53% below the highest close on record up to that date, which was set on 2011-04-29.