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 23 April 2018, not the current price.See today's silver price (11 September 2026)
Lowest closing price since 12 April 2018
Silver closed at $16.57 per troy ounce on 23 April 2018, down $0.576 (3.36%) from the previous close of $17.15.
Notable session: moved more than 3% in a session.
Silver lost 3.36% in one session, far more than a normal day's range. Falls this size rarely happen in isolation — the days on either side give the move its context.
This was the strongest close of the week up to that point.
This close sat 65.89% below the highest silver close recorded up to that date, set on 2011-04-29.
Twelve months earlier silver traded around $17.83, making this a -7.06% move year on year.
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Silver closed at $16.57 per troy ounce on 23 April 2018. That is $0.58 lower than the previous close of $17.15, a move of -3.36%.
The silver price fell on 23 April 2018, losing $0.58 (3.36%) against the previous session's close of $17.15.
At $16.57 per troy ounce, one gram of pure silver was worth about $0.53 on 23 April 2018. A troy ounce is 31.1034768 grams.
The gold-to-silver ratio closed at about 79.8 on 23 April 2018, meaning one ounce of gold was worth roughly 79.8 ounces of silver.
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 65.89% below the highest close on record up to that date, which was set on 2011-04-29.