Distance from the record
This close sat 64.55% 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 19 April 2018, not the current price.See today's silver price (11 September 2026)
Silver closed at $17.22 per troy ounce on 19 April 2018, down $0.009 (0.05%) from the previous close of $17.23.
Silver barely moved, closing within 0.05% 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 close sat 64.55% 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 6 of 250 sessions.
Twelve months earlier silver traded around $18.14, making this a -5.04% move year on year.
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Silver closed at $17.22 per troy ounce on 19 April 2018. That is $0.01 lower than the previous close of $17.23, a move of -0.05%.
The silver price fell on 19 April 2018, losing $0.01 (0.05%) against the previous session's close of $17.23.
At $17.22 per troy ounce, one gram of pure silver was worth about $0.55 on 19 April 2018. A troy ounce is 31.1034768 grams.
The gold-to-silver ratio closed at about 78.2 on 19 April 2018, meaning one ounce of gold was worth roughly 78.2 ounces of silver.
A week before 19 April 2018, silver was around $16.44 per troy ounce, so the close of $17.22 is a gain of 4.7% over the week.
A month before 19 April 2018, silver was around $16.25 per troy ounce, so the close of $17.22 is a gain of 5.9% over the month.
It closed 64.55% below the highest close on record up to that date, which was set on 2011-04-29.