Highest so far that week
This was the strongest close of the week up to that point.
This page is a historical record of the silver price in 18 May 2010, not the current price.See today's silver price (11 September 2026)
Silver closed at $18.85 per troy ounce on 18 May 2010, up $0.020 (0.11%) from the previous close of $18.83.
Silver barely moved, closing within 0.11% of the previous session. Flat days are the majority of any price series and are most useful as the baseline the notable days are measured against.
This was the strongest close of the week up to that point.
This close sat 8.85% below the highest silver close recorded up to that date, set on 2008-03-05.
Twelve months earlier silver traded around $13.81, making this a +36.53% move year on year.
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Silver closed at $18.85 per troy ounce on 18 May 2010. That is $0.02 higher than the previous close of $18.83, a move of 0.11%.
The silver price rose on 18 May 2010, gaining $0.02 (0.11%) against the previous session's close of $18.83.
At $18.85 per troy ounce, one gram of pure silver was worth about $0.61 on 18 May 2010. A troy ounce is 31.1034768 grams.
The gold-to-silver ratio closed at about 64.4 on 18 May 2010, meaning one ounce of gold was worth roughly 64.4 ounces of silver.
A week before 18 May 2010, silver was around $19.27 per troy ounce, so the close of $18.85 is a loss of 2.2% over the week.
A month before 18 May 2010, silver was around $17.67 per troy ounce, so the close of $18.85 is a gain of 6.7% over the month.
A year before 18 May 2010, silver was around $13.81 per troy ounce. The close of $18.85 therefore represents a rise of 36.5% over twelve months.
It closed 8.85% below the highest close on record up to that date, which was set on 2008-03-05.