Distance from the record
This close sat 70.09% below the highest silver close recorded up to that date, set on 2011-04-29.
This page is a historical record of the silver price in 18 October 2018, not the current price.See today's silver price (11 September 2026)
Silver closed at $14.53 per troy ounce on 18 October 2018, down $0.059 (0.40%) from the previous close of $14.59.
This close extended a run of 3 consecutive sessions of losses. Runs are more informative than any one day inside them: they show direction holding rather than a single session's noise.
This close sat 70.09% below the highest silver close recorded up to that date, set on 2011-04-29.
Twelve months earlier silver traded around $16.94, making this a -14.22% move year on year.
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Silver closed at $14.53 per troy ounce on 18 October 2018. That is $0.06 lower than the previous close of $14.59, a move of -0.40%.
The silver price fell on 18 October 2018, losing $0.06 (0.40%) against the previous session's close of $14.59.
At $14.53 per troy ounce, one gram of pure silver was worth about $0.47 on 18 October 2018. A troy ounce is 31.1034768 grams.
The gold-to-silver ratio closed at about 84.4 on 18 October 2018, meaning one ounce of gold was worth roughly 84.4 ounces of silver.
A year before 18 October 2018, silver was around $16.94 per troy ounce. The close of $14.53 therefore represents a fall of 14.2% over twelve months.
This close was session 3 of a consecutive run of losses. A run is counted by closes, so an intraday reversal that still closed in the same direction does not break it.
It closed 70.09% below the highest close on record up to that date, which was set on 2011-04-29.